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