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`Akoko (Euphorbia kuwaleana)

  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: Federally Endangered
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae
  • State: HI
  • Nature Serve ID: 157902
  • Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 07/24/2023
Description:

erect shrub

Where is `Akoko (Euphorbia kuwaleana) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

`Akoko can be found in Hawaii

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Nomenclature
Taxon Euphorbia kuwaleana
Authority (Degener & Sherff) Degener & I. Degener
Family Euphorbiaceae
CPC Number 7607
ITIS 195978
USDA CHKU
Duration Perennial
Common Names 'akoko | 'ekoko | Koko | 'koko Malei
Associated Scientific Names Chamaesyce kuwaleana | Euphorbia kuwaleana
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
Hawaii S1
Ecological Relationships

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