Carob (Narbitu)
Ceratonia siliqua
About Carob (Narbitu)
Carob (Narbitu) (Ceratonia siliqua) is a herb used in the Ancient Babylonian Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Diarrhea, Antioxidant, and Diabetes, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Ceratonia siliqua, commonly known as the carob tree or carob bush, from Arabic خَرُّوبٌ (kharrūb) and Hebrew חרוב (haruv), St John's-bread, or locust bean (not to be confused with the African locust bean), or simply locust-tree, is a species of flowering evergreen shrub or tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens. The ripe, dried pod is often ground to carob powder, which...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist