Carob

Haruv ~ חרוב

 

     Scientific name: Ceratonia siliqua  / Family: Caesalpiniaceae 

 

 

Carob trees grow in Israel both in the wild and cultivated: KKL-JNF planted hundreds of acres of carob trees in forests and abandoned fields in Israel during the 1950s. They are easy to grow and adapt to diverse habitats, and these plantations created extensive patches of green in Israel’s hills and lowlands.

Carob in KKL-JNF Forests

North: Bar’am, Naftali Mountains, Dalia, Gilboa, Yehiam, Eilon, En Dor, Lavi, Goren, Kiryat Ata, Giv’at HaMoreh.

 

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Center: Nahshon, Masu’a, Tsor’a, Hulda, Ben Shemen, Yish’I, Modi’in, Ayalon, Me Ami, Aminadav, Bar Giora, Adulam, Martyrs Forest, HaZorea, Mata, Menashe.

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South: Komemiyut, Amatsya, Dudaim, Dorot, Ruhama, Guvrin, Be’eri, Lahav, Kissufim, Erez, Be’er Tuvia, Gevar’am, Shahariya, Lakhish.

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