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The carob (/ ˈ k ær ə b / KARR-əb; Ceratonia siliqua) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub in the Caesalpinioideae sub-family of the legume family, Fabaceae.It is widely cultivated for its edible fruit, which takes the form of seed pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens and landscapes.
Ceratonia / ˌ s ɛr ə ˈ t oʊ n i ə /, [2] also known as carobs, is a small genus of flowering trees in the pea family, Fabaceae, endemic to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Its best known member is the carob tree ( Ceratonia siliqua ), which is cultivated for its edible pods and has been widely introduced to regions with ...
Locust bean gum (LBG, carob gum, carob bean gum, carobin, E410) is a galactomannan vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) and used as a thickening agent (gelling agent) in food technology.
The family Fabaceae includes a number of plants that are common in agriculture including Glycine max , Phaseolus (beans), Pisum sativum , Cicer arietinum , Vicia faba , Medicago sativa , Arachis hypogaea , Ceratonia siliqua (carob), Trigonella foenum-graecum , and Glycyrrhiza glabra .
"Locust" comes from the Latin locusta, meaning both "locust" (the insect) and "lobster".By analogy with a Levantine use of the Greek word for the insect, akris, for the pods of the carob tree, which supposedly resembled it, the pod-bearing North American tree started to be called "locust" in the 1630s.
Incorporating phylogeography for modelling the distribution of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua, Leguminosae) in future climate change. In Genetics to the rescue: Managing forests sustainably in a changing world.
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