Ceratonia siliqua, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 83-84

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200

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scientific name

Ceratonia siliqua
status

 

1. C. siliqua L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1026 (1753).

Tree or shrub up to 10 m. Leaflets 2-5 pairs, 30-50 x 30-40 mm, elliptical or obovate to suborbicular, coriaceous, dark green and shining above, pale

green beneath. Flowers green. Legume 10-20 x 1-5-2 cm, brownish-violet, pendent. Native to the Mediterranean region, but also extensively cultivated there (and in Portugal) for fodder and widely naturalized, so that the limits as a native are hard to determine. Al BI Cr G a G r Hs It Ju Sa Si [Co Lu].

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Ceratonia

Loc

Ceratonia siliqua

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981
1981
Loc

C. siliqua

L. 1753: 1026
1753
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