Among others, barley, carobs, olives, and watermelons are cultivated here. The climate allows for tropical and Mediterranean vegetation, including palms, carobs, olives, grapes and lemons. In dryland are grown cereal, vine, carobs, olives. When he woke, he saw a man picking a tree with carobs all over it. It feeds on dried fruits, carobs, nuts and seeds, hence earning its colloquial name. Wine and carobs were also exported to Egypt during this period.