FREE: 2 carobTREE Ceratonia siliqua whole pods fresh seeds st.john's bread free shipping from california

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2 seedpots each pod has between 5 and 10 pods
fresh harvest off the tree as of today, no old seeds!!!


Carob Tree, Ceratonia siliqua, Tree Seeds
Ornamental Edible Fruits, Evergreen, Shade Tree, Wildlife Food/Shelter, Heat, Salt and Drought Tolerant, Bonsai, Fall Blooming
The fruit pods are filled with soft, semi-translucent, pale-brown pulp and 10 to 13 flattened, very hard seeds which are loose in their cells and rattle when the pod is fully ripe and dry. The unripe pod is green, moist and very astringent; the ripe pod sweet when chewed (avoiding the seeds). The pods take a full year to develop and ripen. The ripe pods eventually fall to the ground and are eaten by various mammals, thereby dispersing the seed. Likewise, carob consumed by humans is actually the dried (and sometimes roasted) pod and not the seeds. The hard seeds inside the pods are not edible.
Carob, dried or roasted and having a slightly sweet taste in powder or chip form, is used as an ingredient in cakes and cookies as a substitute for chocolate. In the Mediterranean region, peasants have virtually lived on the pods in times of famine but the tree is valued mostly as providing great amounts of pods as feed for livestock.
Other Names: St. John's Bread (St. John is supposed to have eaten the pods of the Carob Tree).
Zone: 9 to 11, (Foliage damage at 25° F, serious damage at 20° F)
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Tree
Family: Fabaceae
Native Range: Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
Bloom Time: Autumn (September–October)
Sun: Full Sun
Fall Color: Evergreen
Drought Tolerance: High

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