Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ceratonia siliqua L. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfarrobeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
algaroba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
algarroba bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
algarrobo	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
carob	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) 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	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
carob-tree	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
caroba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caroube	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caroubier	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
carouge	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
carrubo	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
chang jiao dou	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cikura	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
garrofero	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
girit	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gomme de caroube	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
gum tragon	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
haroupiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
jhand	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
johannesbröd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
johannisbrot	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
johannisbrotbaum	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
johannisbrotbraum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kandi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
karube	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
keçi boynuzu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kharnoob	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kharnoub-e-shāmi	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kharnu	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kharnub	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
kharrouba	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kharrub	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
khurnoob-ush-shank	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
locust (carob) bean gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
locust bean	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
locust tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
locust-bean	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
perumbe	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
qarmatit	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
sai	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sami	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shami	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
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 (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)
بونرخ	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
خرنوب شامی	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خروب	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
خروبه	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
كرنوب	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds, fruit	gum	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Fruit, Seed	Jam	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Seed		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tree, fruits		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean 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)
endosperms	ground endosperms	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
fruit, seed		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
pods		Med. Plants 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 Pharmacopoeia 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:
Ceratonia siliqua	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ceratonia siliqua (L.) Taub	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
Ceratonia siliqua (L.) Taub.	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
Ceratonia siliqua L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) 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 Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ceratonia siliqua Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Ceratonia siliqua Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)

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