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Carob in Cyprus: "Black Gold"
31 October 2026
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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.
Read MoreHistory of Carob
19 October 2026
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Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of the oldest cultivated trees in the Mediterranean basin. It turned into a sign meaning "sweet" in ancient Egyptian writing, gained a place in the Greek and Roman world as both a food and weight unit, and became widespread in the Middle Ages with the interest of Arab and Andalusian agricultural writers.
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