Charpentiera elliptica

Charpentiera elliptica
Charpentiera elliptica growing in Limahuli Garden and Preserve
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Charpentiera
Species:	C. elliptica
Binomial name
Charpentiera elliptica (Hillebr.) A.Heller

Pāpala (Charpentiera elliptica) is an endangered species of flowering tree in the pigweed family, Amaranthaceae, that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 250–1,250 metres (820–4,100 ft).^[1]

References

1. ^ "papala". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=papala. Retrieved 2009-03-24.