Could you identify the carob tree by its flowers? This article will make you an expert.
Male flowers are yellow or reddish
appearance of the flowers
- Grape or catkin-shaped inflorescences
- segregated sex
- male flowers yellow or red
- Female flowers green
- Short stalked
- 6 to 12 millimeters in size
- Male flowers give off an unpleasant scent
flowering
The carob tree flowers from September to November. However, the flowers only develop after six years. The buds release the flowers before the leaves appear.
particularities
What is special about the blossom of the carob tree is the so-called cauliflory. This means that the flowers do not sit on the branches but also directly on the trunk.