Il Carrubo monumentale di Polignano

Editorial Staff 18 June 2022

Its dimensions make it one of the largest in Italy with its thirteen meters of circumference.

Il carrubo più antico e maestoso di Puglia continua a crescere a poche centinaia di metri dal centro di Polignano a Mare.

The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) is a fruit tree belonging to the Caesalphiniaceae family, while other authors consider it to be part of the Fabaceae family. It is a long-lived tree, easy to grow, resistant to drought and grows well even in arid and rocky soils. It is predominantly dioecious, that is, on the same plant the flowers are all male or all female, rarely both sexes are found on the same specimen.

The tree has a majestic bearing with a rounded crown and a height that can exceed ten meters. However, its growth is slow.

It is evergreen and its leathery leaves are dark and shiny green on the upper part, blue-green on the lower part.

The fruit is a tomentose legume, like a flattened bean, slightly curved and brown in color. Since the fruits are slow to ripen, it is possible to see both flowers and fruits at the same time.

Bees particularly appreciate the flowers of the carob tree, producing excellent honey.

The carob tree is also called locust tree or St. John's bread, because it is thought that the locusts eaten by St. John in the desert were nothing other than carob berries.

Carobs are used in both animal husbandry and human nutrition, with various uses, such as biscuits, baked goods (also due to their very similar flavour to chocolate), in cosmetics, etc.

Even the seeds have their use. They are called carats, from the Greek name for carob (keration) and were used as a unit of measurement for precious stones, precisely because of the uniform weight of each seed, equal to a fifth of a gram.

The powdered seeds are used to produce thickeners, emulsifiers, stabilizers and gelling agents.

Carobs have always been used, especially in the pediatric pharmaceutical industry, as an antidiarrheal. They are also restorative, remineralizing and stimulant of intestinal peristalsis.

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The monumental carob tree of Polignano

Il carrubo più antico e maestoso di Puglia continua a crescere a poche centinaia di metri dal centro di Polignano a Mare.

Bees particularly appreciate the flowers of the carob tree, producing excellent honey.

Carobs have always been used, especially in the pediatric pharmaceutical industry, as an antidiarrheal. They are also restorative, remineralizing and stimulant of intestinal peristalsis.

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The monumental carob tree of Polignano

Il carrubo più antico e maestoso di Puglia continua a crescere a poche centinaia di metri dal centro di Polignano a Mare.

Bees particularly appreciate the flowers of the carob tree, producing excellent honey.

Carobs have always been used, especially in the pediatric pharmaceutical industry, as an antidiarrheal. They are also restorative, remineralizing and stimulant of intestinal peristalsis.

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