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Carob tree

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  • Carob tree

  • Ria Formosa Nature Park

  • Algarve

  • Olhão

Identification and Access

  • No

  • Ceratonia siliqua L.

  • Moncarapacho - Quinta da Parra

  • Private property

  • 14 m

  • Isolated tree

  • More or less 600 years old

  • Extraordinary specimen of secular carob tree, with a large size trunk, with two internal cavities that resemble small houses or caves. The tree is on a farm at the centre of a citrus orchard, in flat ground, loamy and sandy. The tree can be seen from afar and constitutes an important element in the landscape and memory of the local population.