These carob trees grow at the side of the road, bordering two asparagus fields. They offer welcome shade to the asparagus pickers in the springtime, and a couple of wooden benches sit beneath their branches. It is a native tree in Southern Europe, grown both as an ornamental plant or as a crop for its pods which is ground into carob powder, a substitute for cocoa powder. 5 to remember
el algarrobo – a carob tree
la algarobba – a carob bean
un arbol natural – a native tree
una planta ornamental – an ornamental plant
una cosecha –  crop