Carpotroche

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Carpotroche

|authority = Endl.

|image = Carpotroche platyptera, known as Caraña. (12576078333).jpg

|image_caption = Fruit of Carpotroche platyptera

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

}}

Carpotroche is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Achariaceae.{{Cite book|url=|title=Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology|last1=Grandtner|first1=M. M.|last2=Chevrette|first2=Julien|date=2013|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123969545|location=|pages=102–103|language=en}} It is native to the American tropics.