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Charpentiera obovata
Broadleaf papala is a native Hawaiian shrub or small tree in the amaranth family, found in dry, mesic and wet forests up to about 1,750 m. It is rarely grown outside its native habitat, so most care advice is general.
Charpentiera obovata, known as broadleaf pāpala, is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the family Amaranthaceae, that is endemic to Hawaiʻi. It inhabits dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of 190–1,750 metres (620–5,740 ft) on all main islands. C. obovata reaches a height of 4.6–9.1 metres (15–30 ft) and a trunk diameter of 0.1–0.6 metres (0.33–1.97 ft).
Charpentiera australis · Napali coast papala · Ellipticleaf papala · Papala
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Charpentiera obovata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
