Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ceratonia siliqua L. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfarrobeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
algaroba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
algarroba bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
algarrobo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carob	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
carob bean gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
carob seed gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carob tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caroba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
caroube	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
caroubier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ceratonia siliqua whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
chang jiao dou	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cikura	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
girit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gomme de caroube	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
gum tragon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
haroupiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
jhand	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
johannesbröd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
johannisbrot	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
johannisbrotbraum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kandi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
keciboynuzu	Other	Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
keciboynuzu agaci	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
keçi boynuzu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kharnoob	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kharnoub-e-shāmi	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kharnu	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kharnub	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
kharnub shaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kharrouba	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kharrub	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
khurnoob-ush-shank	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
locust (carob) bean gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
locust bean	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
locust bean gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
locust gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
locust kernel gum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
locust tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
locust-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumbe	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
qarmatit	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
sai	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
sami	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shami	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
st. john's bread	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
st. john's-bread	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
st. john’s bread	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
st.john's bread	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
teratshiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tragasol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
τερατσιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
χαρουπιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
الخروب	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
بونرخ	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
خرنوب	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Herbalists in Lebanon (Deeb et al., 2013)
خرنوب شامی	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خروب	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
خروبه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
كرنوب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫خروب‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds, fruit	gum	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Fruit, Seed	Jam	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tree, fruits		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
fruit, leaf	molasses	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf, seeds	molasses	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019)
pod		Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
fruit		Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
pod, husk from seed, pulp, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruits		Med. Pl. Used by Herbalists in Lebanon (Deeb et al., 2013)
endosperm, fruit, seed		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
endosperms	ground endosperms	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
fruit, seed		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
pods		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	gum	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
fruit	dried pods	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
fruit		ISO Catalogue (2009)
fruit		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ceratonia coriacea Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 323 (1796).
Ceratonia inermis Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 487 (1812).
Ceratonia siliqua var. latissima Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 355 (1826).
Ceratonia siliqua var. siccata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 356 (1826).
Ceratonia siliqua var. sterilis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 355 (1826).
Ceratonia siliqua var. vulgaris Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 355 (1826).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cerationa siliqua	Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
Ceratonia siliqua	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015) Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ceratonia siliqua (L.) Taub	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Ceratonia siliqua (L.) Taub.	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Ceratonia siliqua L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) European Red List of Medicinal Pl. (Allen et al., 2014) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Herbalists in Lebanon (Deeb et al., 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafni et al., 1984) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ceratonia siliqua Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Ceratonia siliqua Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)

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