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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cheirodendron''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = '''''Cheirodendron'''''
| genus_authority = [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]] ex [[Berthold Carl Seemann|Seem.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species and subspecies
| subdivision =
*''[[Cheirodendron bastardianum]]''
*''[[Cheirodendron dominii]]''
*''[[Cheirodendron fauriei]]''
*''[[Cheirodendron forbesii]]''
*''[[Cheirodendron platyphyllum]]''
**''C. platyphyllum'' ssp. ''kauaiense''
**''C. platyphyllum'' ssp. ''platyphyllum''
*''[[Cheirodendron trigynum]]''
**''C. trigynum'' ssp. ''helleri''
**''C. trigynum'' ssp. ''trigynum''
}}
'''''Cheirodendron''''' is a [[genus]] of plant of family [[Araliaceae]], comprising 6 species. In [[Hawaii]], they are called [['Olapa]] and occur in the rain forests on all of the major islands, and in some of the mesic forests, such as [[Kipuka Puaulu]].
[[Image:Kipuka_Puaulu_-_Cheirodendron.JPG|thumb|left|'Olapa in Kipuka Puaulu, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park]]
[[Category:Araliaceae]]