| Dicotyledon | Literature for Euphorbia olowaluana
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Euphorbiaceae -- The Spurge Family | Bibliography |
| Euphorbia olowaluana | |
Common name(s): spurge, `akoko, `ekoko, koko, kokomalei |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Trees 2-9 m tall; stems 10-20(-30) cm in diameter, glabrous to pilose, especially at the nodes. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves distichous, elliptic to lanceolate or rarely linear, 20-70 mm long, 4-15 mm wide, glabrous or pilose on lower surface and at basal margin, margins entire, apex acute, mucronulate, rarely retuse or truncate, base cuneate, oblique, petioles 1-3 mm long, lower surface pilose to glabrate, stipules acute to acuminate-triangular, 1-4 mm long, pilose to villous, erose, ciliate. |
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| Flowers |
Cyathia solitary in the leaf axils or on shortened, much-reduced branches, peduncles 1-3 mm long, glabrous to villous; involucre campanulate, 1.5-2(-2.5) mm high, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous or pilose beneath the glands, glands 4, pilose to villous; styles red, bifid at least 1/2 their length, 0.5-1 mm long, pubescent; stigma thickened. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules green, 2-3.5 mm long, glabrous to pilose, gynophores recurved, exserted 2-4 mm from involucre, pilose. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds gray to brown, 1.5-2 mm long, rugose. |
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