Carrissoa
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Subtribe: | Cajaninae
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Genus: | Carrissoa Baker f.
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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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