Carrissoa

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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Carrissoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus has a single species, Carrissoa angolensis, a subshrub endemic to Angola.{{Cite web |last=Manyelo |first=Tlou Sinah |date=2015 |title=A phylogenetic study of South African species of Rhynchosia (Phaseoleae, Fabaceae) |url=https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/graduate/A-phylogenetic-study-of-South-African/9910459607691 |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=ujcontent.uj.ac.za}} It grows in seasonally-dry tropical open bushland and scrub and along watercourses, and forms woody rootstocks in fire-prone environments.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21942-1 Carrissoa Baker f.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

The genus takes its name from Portuguese botanist Luís Wittnich Carrisso.