:Charpentiera elliptica

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

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|image = Charpentiera elliptica (Limahuli Garden and Preserve).JPG

|image_caption = Growing in Limahuli Garden and Preserve

|status = EN

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clark, M. |date=2016 |title=Charpentiera elliptica |volume=2016 |page=e.T91155227A91155572 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T91155227A91155572.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

|genus = Charpentiera

|species = elliptica

|authority = (Hillebr.) A.Heller

}}

Charpentiera elliptica, the ellipticleaf pāpala,{{PLANTS | symbol = CHEL | taxon = Charpentiera elliptica | access-date = 2020-11-14}} is an endangered species of flowering tree in the family Amaranthaceae, endemic to the island of Kaua{{okina}}i in Hawai{{okina}}i. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of {{convert|250|–|1250|m|ft}}.{{cite web |url=http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=papala |title=papala |work=Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database |publisher=Bernice P. Bishop Museum |access-date=2009-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702122941/http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=papala |archive-date=2007-07-02 |df= }} It is a perennial tree, growing up to {{Convert|20|feet|m|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CHEL |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.wildflower.org}}