Carrissoa

Carrissoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Cajaninae
Genus: Carrissoa
Baker f.

Carrissoa is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. There is only one species within the genus : Carrissoa angolensis Baker f., native to Africa, mainly from Angola.

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

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