SteemitPhotoChallenge # 30 Flowers - Carob tree inflorescences [Entry 1]

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Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) hermaphrodite inflorescences are very scarce respect to male, female and polygamous ones.

Ceratonia_siliqua_ed5d91b1.jpg
Canon Canon PowerShot SX160 IS
1/80s ƒ/4 ISO200 7.782mm

This is a male inflorescence, but there are several types of male flowers in terms of sepals, stamens numbers and stamens length (inflorescences with short or long stamen filaments).

Source: Gharnit N, El Mtili N, Ennabili A, Sayah F (2004) Floral Characterization of Carob Tree (Ceratonia Siliqua L.) from The province of Chefchaouen (NW of Morocco). Moroccan J. Biol. 1:41-51

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