Carrissoa

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.^[1] It grows in seasonally-dry tropical open bushland and scrub and along watercourses, and forms woody rootstocks in fire-prone environments.^[2]

Carrissoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Phaseoleae
Subtribe:	Cajaninae
Genus:	Carrissoa Baker f. (1933)
Species:	C. angolensis
Binomial name
Carrissoa angolensis Baker f. (1933)

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