Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [seed and seed components materials]
9. [seed components as materials]
10. pod (seed material)

Anotations

Scope note:

Long pods of the species Ceratonia siliqua, native to Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Mediterranean islands, the Middle East, and the Canary Islands. The pods contain small beans called "locust beans" and sweetish edible pulp. The pods are used as animal feed; ground pods are used as a source of chocolate substitute, a source of sugar, and to make makuba, a liquid binder used in traditional northern Nigerian mud buildings.