
endemicAmaranthaceae
Charpentiera elliptica
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).
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Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 10 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 6 · GBIF 29 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 16 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 5
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Anahola · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waikīkī · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanakoa · KauaʻiGBIF 1





