Malta Nature Photos






	Sigra tal-Harrub - ritratt ta' Stephen Gatt Thaddar dejjem u tikber sa xi ghaxar metri. Weraq kompost-pinnat. Fjuri bla petali, migburin f'bukketti zghar li johorgu minn frieghi xjuh mill-istess post kull sena. Il-fjuri nisa u rgiel huma fuq sigar differenti u l-imziewed (ritratt) jiffurmaw fuq sigar nisa biss. Is-sigar irgiel huma maghrufa bhala Harrub Baghli. Twarrad fil-harifa, meta s-sigar irgiel ifewhu l-arja. Tikber fil-makkja u fil-widien, mal-gnub ta' l-ghelieqi u magenb l-irziezet. Aktarx indigena tal-lvant tal-Mediterran. Iddahhlet fl-antik. Komuni. Ceratonia siliqua (Carob Tree) Carob Tree - photo by Stephen Gatt This evergreen tree can grow up to 10m in height. It has compound leaves. Flowers that have no petals grow in small clusters from old branches, in the same place every year. The male and female flowers grow on different trees and the carobs (photo) form on female trees only. This tree flowers in autumn. It grows in the maquis, in valleys and in the fields. Most probably it is indigenous to the East of the Mediterranean and was introduced here a long time ago. Common. Ceratonia siliqua (Sigra tal-Harrub)

Sigra tal-Harrub - ritratt ta' Stephen Gatt