Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Literature for Euphorbia remyi
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. hanaleiensis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. kauaiensis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. remyi
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999.
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      Euphorbia remyi
General Information
Distribution
Habit
Shrubs; stems erect to scandent, 0.3-2 m long, glabrous, flowering branches 1-6 mm in diameter.
Leaves
Leaves decussate, elliptic to oblong or broadly lanceolate, 35-165 mm long, 15-75 mm wide, glabrous, rarely pubescent at basal margin, margins entire, apex broadly acute to acuminate or rounded, sometimes retuse, base cuneate to rounded or obtuse, oblique, petioles channeled above, 2-20 mm long, glabrous or pilose above, stipules acute to rounded-triangular, 1-2 mm long, ciliate, erose, caducous and leaving a scar.
Flowers
Cyathia solitary in the leaf axils or 2 or more in open, branched cymes, peduncles 3-11 mm long, glabrous; involucre broadly campanulate, 1.5-4 mm high, 2.5-5 mm wide, glabrous to pilose beneath the glands, glands 4-5, purple to red, glabrous; styles white to red, bifid less than 1/2 their length, 1-1.5 mm long; stigma thickened.
Fruit
Capsules green to brown, 3-5 mm long, glabrous to villous, especially along the sutures, sometimes glabrate at maturity, gynophores recurved, exserted 1-3 mm from involucre, glabrous.
Seeds
Seeds white to brown, 2-3 mm long, smooth to shallowly rugose.