Steinmetz:Ceratonia
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Ceratonia siliqua
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- English Names
- Carob tree
- Johnsbread tree
- Locust Bean tree
- Natural Habitat
- Eastern Mediterranean countries
- Asia Minor
- Syria
- Arabia
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Ceratoniae
- Semen Ceratoniae = Semen Carobae
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- Constituent(s)
- pod: carubin
- acids
- tannin
- fat
- sugar; seed: gum
- mucilage
- fatty oil
- Action
- pod: astringent
- purgative
- pectoral
- nutritive
- used in making Sherry; seed: substitute for Gummi Tragacantha
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