Ceratonia Siliqua
The carob bean. This leguminous plant is a
native of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean. The seed
pods contain a quantity of mucilaginous and saccharine matter, and
are used as food for cattle. Besides the name of carob beans,
these pods are known
as locust pods, or St. John's bread, from a
supposition that they formed the food of St. John in the
wilderness. It is now generally admitted that the locusts of St.
John were the insects so called, and which are still used as an
article of food in some of the Eastern countries. There is more
reason for the belief that the husks mentioned in the parable of
the prodigal son were these pods. The seeds were at one time used
by singers, who imagined that they softened and cleared the voice.
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