A pomological survey of two types of carob tree from the Province of Chefchaouen, NW of Morocco (productive "dkar" and "lanta") shows that pods of productive "dkar" type (spontaneous type) present the high yield in seeds (20.5:1:7.74%) and are more straight than pods of "lanta" type (grafted type) and pod curvature is inversely proportional to tree age. Trees of productive "dkar" type promote endosperm (carob bean gum) content of seeds (47.6:1:4.53%). The tegument and the embryo-cotyledons

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... ex (carob germ) constitute respectively 22.7% and 19.9% of seed dry weight (dw). According to the provenance, these components would attain in aged grafted-type 23.0% and 21.0% in the same order. Other morphometric parameters of pods and seeds are commented in these carob tree types and especially compared to the Mediterranean cultivars or varieties.