Carica cnidoscoloides Lorence & R.Torres (1988) Horovitzia cnidoscoloides is a plant species in the family Caricaceae, endemic to the cloud forest of Sierra de Juarez in Oaxaca, Mexico at elevations of 800 to 1600 meters.

[1] It is the only species in the genus Horovitzia.

The type specimen was collected in Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca on 9 March 1986 Small evergreen dioecious tree 0.5–4 meters tall, with subcapitate stigma, and stinging hairs covering the entire plant.

Male flowers have a 3–10 cm long peduncle.

Fruits are 6–15 cm long, green when mature, pendulous, ellipsoid with strong ridges.