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Ceratonia , Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 also known as carobs, is a small genus of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, Endemism to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Its best known member is the carob tree ( Ceratonia siliqua), which is cultivated for its edible pods and has been widely introduced to regions with similar climates. The genus was long considered monotypic, but a second species, Ceratonia oreothauma, was identified in 1979 from Oman and Somalia. The genus is in subfamily Caesalpinioideae and tribe Umtizieae.
An obsolete name for Ceratonia was Acalis.
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