See text Carpodetus is a genus of flowering plants in the Rousseaceae family.

Its species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

In 1934 it was assigned to the newly created Escalloniaceae by Hutchinson in his major revision of the dicotyledon families.

Roussea is sister to the rest of the family and is geographically most distanced from the other genera.

[5] family Campanulaceae (± cosmopolitan) Roussea (Mauritius) Abrophyllum Cuttsia Carpodetus (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Zealand) other Asterales families Carpodetus is derived from the Greek words καρπός (karpos) (fruit) and detus (bound together), a reference that the seeds are bound together in clusters in the berry.