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Carob in Cyprus: "Black Gold"

Cyprus is one of the places where carob has left the deepest economic and cultural mark in the Mediterranean. According to a study on Turkish Cypriot folk culture, carob is popularly called "black gold" and has been the dominant element of the island's agricultural production for many years; Historical sources in Limassol also state that the analogy comes from the value of the product.

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