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Carob is the large bean-like pod of a handsome evergreen tree of the same name. Containing 40% sugar and 6% protein, it is chiefly used for stock food and is manufactured into various forms of human food. From the seeds comes a valuable gum, in increasing demand in commerce. Carob trees thrive in parts of California without irrigation.

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Coit, J.E. Carob or St. John’s Bread. Econ Bot 5, 82–96 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984784

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