Ceratonia siliqua

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q68763
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Summary

Ceratonia siliqua is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,709 views/month, #557 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Ceratonia[5]
  • Taxon name: Ceratonia siliqua[6]
  • Commons category: Ceratonia siliqua[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ceratonia siliqua[8]
  • Commons gallery: Ceratonia siliqua[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 39[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=9918[13]
  • This taxon is source of: locust bean gum[14], carob wood[15], carob[16]
  • Short name: C. siliqua[17]
  • Taxon common name: Carob Tree[18], кэроб[19], рожковое дерево[20], цареградские рожки[21], carrubo[22], الخرُّوب[23], الخرنوب[24], St. John's Bread[25], 长角豆[26], algarrobu[27], rožičevec[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[29]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[30]

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Identifiers

Ceratonia siliqua's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 82742[31]. Ceratonia siliqua's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 20340[32]. Ceratonia siliqua's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 418096[33]. Ceratonia siliqua's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5356354[34]. Ceratonia siliqua's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26531[35].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Ceratonia siliqua include siliqua[36], a currency[37], in Ancient Rome[38] and carat[39], an unit of length[40].

Why It Matters

Ceratonia siliqua has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 141 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include siliqua[36], a currency[37], in Ancient Rome[38] and carat[39], an unit of length[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 39, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Topic's main category → Category:Ceratonia siliqua
    Taxon range → Fujian, Guangdong
    This taxon is source of → locust bean gum, carob wood, carob
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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