Legumes - Fabaceae (Leguminosae). Common names: sweet "horn", Tsaregrad pod, Ioannov
bread. Pharmacy name: carob fruit - Ceratoniae fructus (formerly:
Fructus Ceratoniae), as well as Siliqua dulcis (sweet syrup).
Botanical description. An evergreen tree of medium height with leathery, odd-pinnate
leaves. Beans up to 12 cm in length, brown, develop from female flowers.
colors, with a sweet fruity taste.
Grows and cultivated in the Mediterranean
and subtropical areas, as well as in India, Argentina and Brazil.
Active ingredients: various sugars, starch, tannin, mucus,
protein, pectins and organic acids.
Application.
Служит составной частью отхаркивающих чаев и смешанных чаев
от поноса.