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Charpentiera elliptica

(Hillebr.) A.Heller (1896)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Charpentiera

pāpala [papala]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees up to 6 m tall.

Stems: Stems 1.5–2.75 mm in diameter near apex, internodes 1–4(–14) mm long, apices and leaf primordia pale yellowish brown tomentose.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades elliptic to lanceolate, 5–15.5(–21) cm long, 2–6(–9) cm wide. Apex acute to obtuse. Base obtuse or rounded. Surfaces glabrous; blades somewhat coriaceous to stiffly coriaceous. Margins entire, usually with a well–developed marginal rib. Lateral veins 10–15 pairs. Petioles 1.5–6.5(–18) cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in single axillary panicles, these 1–2 branched, reddish brown pubescent or glabrous. Panicles 10–63 cm long, simple or compound, with 12–20 primary branches 4–20 cm long. Each panicle branch subtended by 1 bract and 2 bracteoles, glabrous or puberulent at base. Peduncles 3–15 cm long. Gynodioecious (with bisexual (perfect)–flowered plants and female plants in each population). flowers 8–20 per branch, internodes between individual flowers 4–12 mm long, but some flowers as close as 0.3 mm apart. Calyx of 5 sepals, distinct, imbricate, subequal; 1.75–2.5 mm long, discernibly 3–7-veined. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens and staminodes 5; filaments connate at base to form a short, membranous tube with short, rounded flaps of tissue alternating with the filaments; anthers exserted at anthesis. Ovary superior, globose or urceolate, 1.5–2 mm long; style absent or very short; stigmas 2, straight or recurved, nearly as long as the ovary, with glands on the inner surface.

Fruit: Indehiscent utricle. Seeds black and shiny; lenticular ca. 1.5 mm long.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Relatively common in diverse mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 250–1,250 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 820 (1896)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:190 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Pelea, Alphitonia ponderosa, Xylosma hawaiiense, Bobea mannii, Coprosma waimeae, Zanthoxylum dipetalum, Chamaesyce halemanui Preserved_Specimen 3-4 m Takeuchi, W.N. 3668 Kauai BISH 1987-09-26
2 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia-Metrosideros lowland to montane mesic forest with abundance of Alphitonia, W/ Melicope barbigera, Myrsine lanaiensis, Psychotria marinana, Nestegis sandwicensis, Pittosporum kavaiensis Preserved_Specimen tree, 4 m tall, trunk gray-brown, leaves dark green with red-purple peduncle and panicles, Wood, K.R. 14486 Kauai BISH 2011-02-04
3 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros Acacia mesic forest withSantalum pyrularium, Leptecophylla tameamea, Coprosma waimeae, Dodonaea viscosa, Wikstroemia furcata, Melicope ovata, M. barbigera, Cyanea leptostegia, Claoxylon sandiwcense, Planchonella sandwic Preserved_Specimen tree, 3 m tall, with purple inflorescence, uncommon Wood, K.R. 15228 Kauai BISH 2012-09-19
4 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details clearing Preserved_Specimen 10' twiggy tree Degener, O. 21638 Kauai BISH 1952-01-12
5 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Near waterfall. Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Kauai BISH 1987-06-18
6 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mesic Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest. Midstory with Hedyotis terminalis, Melicope spp, Cyrtandra longifolia, Cyanea leptostegia. Understory with Vaccinium, Dicranopteris, Rubus argutus, Asplenium spp, and Athyrium. Preserved_Specimen Large shrub, 5 m tall. Twelve stems arising from base. Red petioles. Delicate, pendulous inflorescences. Seed accessioned with Living Collection (acc # 081109) Trauernicht, C. 646 Kauai BISH 2008-12-08
7 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia-Metrosideros mesic forest, open to closed canopy. W/ Kadua affinis, Dodonaea, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Psychotria mariniana, Bidens cosmoides, Pouteria, Xylosma hawaiiense, Alyxia, Chamaesyce atrococ Preserved_Specimen tree, up to 6 m tall, inflorescence purple, attractive, occasional Wood, K.R. 13832 Kauai BISH 2009-07-17
8 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa- Metrosideros mesic forest. With Nestegis sandwicensis, Santalum pyrularium, Pleomele aurea, Dodonaea viscosa, Planchonella sandwicensis, Bobea brevipes, Melicope barbigera, Leptecophylla, Rubus argustus, Lantana camara, Corenoca Preserved_Specimen Tree 7 meter ht with fruit Perlman, S. 23030 Kauai BISH 2012-10-02
9 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Metrosideros, Acacia koa, Rubus, Passiflora Preserved_Specimen shrub with erect stems to 4 m; inflorescence pendulous, magenta Lorence, D.H. 5286 Kauai BISH 1987-07-01
10 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa Preserved_Specimen 20' x 4 tree Little Jr., E.L. 31170 Kauai BISH 1976-09-01
11 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest with Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Dodonaeaa viscosa, Myrsine lanaiensis, Chrysodracon aurea, Polyscias kavaiensis Preserved_Specimen Tree, 4 m tall, trunk gray-brown, with older inflorescence, occasional Wood, K.R. 16443 Kauai BISH 2015-05-30
12 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 15', slender, several branches from base; flowers purple Henrickson, J.S. 4057 Kauai BISH 1969-08-01
13 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen small tree, much branched from root; wood soft, white; foliage shiny, green; inflorescence, petioles, stem tips and some 2 degree veins violet Herbst, D.R. 1032 Kauai BISH 1968-04-07
14 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Kauai BISH
15 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen shrubby tree Herbst, D.R. 1970 Kauai BISH 1971-07-04
16 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen treelet, 3 branched from base; inflorescence pendent, purple van Balgooy, M.M.J. 4241 Kauai BISH 1982-05-31
17 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen small tree, much branched from root; wood soft, white; foliage shiny, green; inflorescence, petioles, stem tips and some 2 degree veins violet Herbst, D.R. 1032 Kauai BISH 1968-04-07
18 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen small tree, inflorescence deep purple Flynn, T.W. 447 Kauai BISH 1983-06-16
19 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen inflorescence magenta Stone, B.C. 3395 Kauai BISH 1960-04-14
20 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 10' erect dense bush, petioles red; mid rib red beneath St.John, H. 13802 Kauai BISH 1933-12-28
21 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details steep slopes, open grass; with Acacia koa, Metrosideros, Myrsine Preserved_Specimen 3 m x 15 cm tree; leaves with reddish purple veins, costa, petioles; inflorescence and flowers dark purple Lorence, D.H. 5235 Kauai BISH 1987-05-15
22 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen small tree, much branched from root; wood soft, white; foliage shiny, green; inflorescence, petioles, stem tips and some 2 degree veins violet Herbst, D.R. 1032 Kauai BISH 1968-04-07
23 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry forest, thicket, bottom of draw Preserved_Specimen 10' shrub St.John, H. 13832 Kauai BISH 1933-12-28
24 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros_Acacia montane mesic forest with Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dracaena aurea, Polyscias kavaiensis, Planchonella sandwicensis, Bobea brevipes, Melicope ovata, M. barbigera. Preserved_Specimen tree, ca. 7. m., common in gulch Wood, K.R. 15013 Kauai BISH 2012-05-30
25 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 3005 Kauai BISH 1938-08-19
26 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sohmer, S.H. 6497 Kauai BISH 1970-07-16
27 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30210 Kauai BISH 1976-06-27
28 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sohmer, S.H. 6494 Kauai BISH 1970-07-16
29 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5627 Kauai BISH 1909-02-01
30 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4965 Kauai BISH 1983-08-26
31 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1094 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
32 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Chock, A.K. 974 Kauai BISH 1953-08-18
33 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5267 Kauai BISH 1909-02-01
34 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sohmer, S.H. 6493 Kauai BISH 1970-07-16
35 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2987 Kauai BISH 1973-04-18
36 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Crosby, M.R. 2044 Kauai BISH 1964-08-13
37 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Daehler, R. Kauai BISH
38 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2781 Kauai BISH 1895-09-02
39 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 126 Kauai BISH 1909-08-03
40 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Daehler, R. Kauai BISH
41 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5024 Kauai BISH 1983-08-28
42 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH
43 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sohmer, S.H. 6496 Kauai BISH 1970-07-16
44 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1916-01-01
45 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sohmer, S.H. 6498 Kauai BISH 1970-07-16
46 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details North facing slopes, Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest. W/ Alphitonia, Pouteria, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Antidesma, Bobea brevipes, Mrysine lanaiensis, Dodonaea, Wikstroemia furcata, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Kadue affinis, Melicope ovata, M. barbigera, Euph Preserved_Specimen tree, 4 m tall, inflorescence purple, occasional Wood, K.R. 15577 Kauai BISH 2013-07-17
47 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2781 Kauai BISH 1895-09-02
48 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH
49 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Maui BISH
50 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia-Alphitonia montane mesic forest, w/ Euphorbia atrococca, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Psychotria mariniana, Wikstroemia furcata, Diospyros sandwicensis, Kadua affinis, Coprosma waimeae, C. foliosa, Polyscias kavaiensis, Anti Preserved_Specimen Tree, 8 m tall, 4 major trunks, largest 30 cm wide, with mature seed, Wood, K.R. 16568 Kauai BISH 2015-08-20
51 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest with Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dracaena aurea, Polyscias kavaiensis, Planchonella sandicensis, Bobea brevipes, Melicope ovata, M. barbigera Preserved_Specimen tree, 7 m tall, in flower, occasional along banks of stream with Perrottetia sandwicensis Wood, K.R. 14924 Kauai BISH 2012-04-12
52 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry Preserved_Specimen slender leaves Herbst, D.R. 2070 Kauai BISH 1971-08-16
53 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details transition between wet and dry forest Preserved_Specimen Tree, 20 ft. tall with many stems from a common base 12 in. in dia.; inflorescences pendant, purple; wood soft, anomalous. Stern, W.L. 1300 Kauai BISH 1961-08-01
54 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry forest Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 855 Kauai BISH 1955-06-19
55 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros 40 - 60% closed w/ 12-15 m tall canopy, understory of Perrottetia, Psychotria spp, Dubautia spp, Labordia spp, Tetraplasandra kavaiensis, T. oahuensis, rich fern and bryophyte understory. Preserved_Specimen Trees, 4- 5 m tall, trunk gray or light brown, lvs with red-purple petiole and costa, inflorescence purple, occasional. Wood, K.R. 13106 Kauai BISH 2008-06-17
56 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis wet forest. With Xylosma hawaiiense, Planchonella sandwicensis, Psychotria greenwelliae, Scaevola procera, Nestegis sandwicensis, Ilex anonala, Syzyglum sandwicensis, Sadleria, Weeds; Passiflora mollissima Preserved_Specimen Tree 7 meter ht with fruit Perlman, S. 23840 Kauai BISH 2014-02-04
57 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia-Alphitonia montane mesic forest with Euphorbia atrococca, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Psychotria mariniana, Wikstroemia furcata, Diospyros sandwicensis, Kadua affinis, Coprosma waimeae, C. foliosa, Polyscias kavaiensis, Anti. Preserved_Specimen Tree, 6 meters tall, trunk light brown with mottle of light and dark lichen, common, near grouping of C. ovata. Wood, K.R. 16670 Kauai BISH 2015-12-03
58 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details side of ridge, small stream, open woods; with blackberry vines and native plants Preserved_Specimen 15-20' tree Pearsall, G.A. 420 Kauai BISH 1959-07-09
59 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Metrosideros polymorpha, Nestegis, Xylosma, Pleomele, Erigeron karvinskianus; shady gulch bottom Preserved_Specimen 5 m x 30 cm tree; young stems, petioles, lower midrib and veins, young inflorescence purple; leaves fleshy Lorence, D.H. 6716 Kauai BISH 1951-03-06
60 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet fores and riparian habitat with Ilex anomala, Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, Psychotria hexandra, Coprosma kauaiensis, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Dubautia raillardioides, Dubautia laxa, Dubautia knuds. Preserved_Specimen Tree, 8 meters tall, moderately branched, in flower and fruit, uncommon. Wood, K.R. 17129 Kauai BISH 2016-09-28
61 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros - Acacia montane mesic forest with Myrsine lanaiensis, Planchonella sandwicensis, Coprosma waimeae, Melicope anisata, M. barbigera, Cheirodendron, trigynum, Kadua affinis, Dianella sandwicensis, Psychotria mariniana, Chrysodracon au Preserved_Specimen tree, 5.5 meters tall, trunk gray mottled brown, 20 cm. diameter near ase, occasional Wood, K.R. 15916 Kauai BISH 2014-04-16
62 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros Acacia montane mesic forest, summer dry diospyros sandwicensis, Pleomele aurea, Myrsine lanaiensis, Planchonella sandwicensis, Cryptocarya mannii, Myoporum sandwicensis, Nestegis sandwicensis, Psydrax odorata, Zanthoxylum dipetalum, Pteraly Preserved_Specimen tree, 3 m tall, with flower and fruit, inflorescence pendant purple Wood, K.R. 15423 Kauai BISH 2013-02-17
63 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest with Alphontonia ponderosa, Nestegis sandwicensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Santalum pyrularium, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Dryopteris glabra, Doodia kunthiana, Dianella sandwicensis, Polyscias kavaiensis, Chrysod Preserved_Specimen Tree, 4 meters tall, along drainage with seed, occasional. Wood, K.R. 17200 Kauai BISH 2016-11-17
64 Charpentiera elliptica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details stream, open forest Preserved_Specimen 5 m spreading tree MacDaniels, L.H. 802 Kauai BISH 1927-02-17
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