Carob Tree
കരോബ്
Ceratonia siliqua L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Also called St. John's Bread
Formerly Ceratonia coriacea, Ceratonia inermis
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses (25 Oct 2026)
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Medit. to IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- Italian
- carrubo
- Arabic
- الخرنوب, الخرُّوب
- Russian
- кэроб, рожковое дерево, цареградские рожки
- Asturian
- algarrobu
- Slovenian
- rožičevec
- Chinese
- 长角豆
- Simplified Chinese
- 长角豆
- Malayalam
- കരോബ്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Ceratonia siliqua (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.