Charpentiera obovata

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

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|image = Starr 060429-8019 Charpentiera obovata.jpg

|genus = Charpentiera

|species = obovata

|authority = Gaudich.

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Charpentiera obovata, known as broadleaf pāpala,{{PLANTS | symbol = CHOB2 | taxon = Charpentiera obovata | access-date = 2020-11-14}} is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the family Amaranthaceae, that is endemic to Hawai{{okina}}i. It inhabits dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of {{convert|190|–|1750|m|ft}} on all main islands.{{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 }} C. obovata reaches a height of {{convert|4.6|–|9.1|m|ft}} and a trunk diameter of {{convert|0.1|-|0.6|m|ft}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/data/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Charpentiera_obovata.pdf |title=Pāpala |first=Elbert L. |last=Little Jr. |author2=Roger G. Skolmen |publisher=United States Forest Service |year=1989 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}