| Dicotyledon | Literature for Euphorbia clusiifolia
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Euphorbiaceae -- The Spurge Family | Bibliography |
| Euphorbia clusiifolia | |
Common name(s): spurge, `akoko, `ekoko, koko, kokomalei |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to O`ahu. |
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| Habit |
Shrubs; stems erect to scandent, 1-3 m long, glabrous, flowering branches 2-4 mm in diameter. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves decussate, sometimes some of them distichous, oblanceolate to oblong or occasionally elliptic, 35-140 mm long, 10-45 mm wide, glabrous, margins entire, apex broadly acute to rounded, base cuneate to rounded, oblique, petioles 2-3 mm long, glabrous to pilose at basal margin, stipules acute-triangular, 1-2 mm long, erose, ciliate. |
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| Flowers |
Cyathia 3-8(-12) in many-branched, open, cymose inflorescences or occasionally solitary, peduncles 6-23 mm long, pilose; involucre broadly campanulate, 2-2.5 mm high, 3-4 mm wide, pilose especially beneath the glands, glands 4-5, purple, pubescent; styles red, bifid ca. 1/3 their length, 0.5-1 mm long; stigma thickened. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules green, each of the 3 faces with a single ruga separated by sutures, 6-9 mm long, glabrous, gynophores recurved, exserted 3-9 mm from involucre, glabrous. |
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| Seeds |
Seed reddish brown, subglobose, 2.5-3 mm long, smooth. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = ca. 38* |
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