THE CAROB BOTANICAL CHARACTERS The carob plant, Ceratonia Siliqua L., produces an unusual, indehiscent fruit, called lomentum or commonly CAROB, is 10 to 20 centimeters long, 2 to 4 centimeters wide, and 5 to 15 millimeters thick. The color is light green before ripening, variegated and reddish and with aging it becomes light brown and chocolate brown. The surface is sinuous, smooth, enlarged in the center at the sutures of the two faces and at the seeds. The epicarp is leathery, black, shiny; the pulp (mesocarp) is fleshy and sugary with a honey-yellow color, while the endocarp, equally honey-colored, is interposed between the seeds, wrapping them entirely. Mangificio I.MA.R. srl SP 60km 3,600 - Contrada Puntarazzi - Tel .: 0932 25.12.71 - 64.00.51 - Fax: 0932 64.00.51