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AN OVERVIEW OF ECONOMIC AND MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE OF CAROB PLANTS (CERATONIA SILIQUA L.) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN

Article number

964_24

Pages

197 – 203

Language

English

Abstract

Ceratonia siliqua L., commonly known as carob, is a leguminous evergreen shrub or tree belonging to the family Fabaceae. This plant is native to the East Mediterranean area, flourishing on the arid and unproductive lands of the Mediterranean basin.
The tree has great potential both economically and ecologically.

Publication

International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IMAPS2010 and History of Mayan Ethnopharmacology IMAPS2011

Authors

M. Öztürk, O. Seҫmen, S. Gucel, S. Sakcali

Keywords

economics, medicinal plant, sweetener, sugar

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.964.24

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