The carob tree belongs to the same family as which tree or plant?

The family Fabaceae includes a number of important agricultural and food plants, including 'Glycine max' (soybean), 'Phaseolus' (beans), 'Pisum sativum' (pea), 'Cicer arietinum' (chickpeas), 'Medicago sativa' (alfalfa), 'Arachis hypogaea' (peanut), 'Ceratonia siliqua' (carob), and 'Glycyrrhiza glabra' (liquorice). A number of species are also weedy pests in different parts of the world, including: 'Cytisus scoparius' (broom), 'Robinia pseudoacacia' (black locust), 'Ulex europaeus' (gorse), 'Pueraria montana' (kudzu), and a number of 'Lupinus' species.

The carob ('Ceratonia siliqua') is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens and landscapes. The carob tree is native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. The ripe, dried, and sometimes toasted pod is often ground into 'carob powder', which is sometimes used to replace cocoa powder. Carob pods are naturally sweet, not bitter, and contain no theobromine or caffeine.

Carob pods are about 1/3 to 1/2 sugar by weight, and this sugar can be extracted into a syrup. In Malta, a carob syrup is made out of the pods. Carob syrup is also used in Crete, and Cyprus exports it.