Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_euphorbia_remyi
ʻAkoko
Euphorbia remyi
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About ʻAkoko
An upright to climbing shrub with opposite smooth-edged elliptic to oblong leaves and angled leaf bases. Small leaf-axil flower cups grow singly or in loose branched cymes and have red-to-purple glands. Recurved capsules mature green to brown; seeds are pale to brown and smooth to weakly wrinkled. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Euphorbia remyi
- Hawaiian names
- ʻakoko · koko · ʻekoko · kōkōmālei
- Other names
- Euphorbia remyi · ʻakoko · koko · ʻekoko · kōkōmālei · Euphorbia remyi var. hanaleiensis · Euphorbia remyi var. kauaiensis
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Shrubs; stems erect to scandent, 0.3-2 m long, glabrous, flowering branches 1-6 mm in diameter.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- An upright to climbing shrub with opposite smooth-edged elliptic to oblong leaves and angled leaf bases. Small leaf-axil flower cups grow singly or in loose branched cymes and have red-to-purple glands. Recurved capsules mature green to brown; seeds are pale to brown and smooth to weakly wrinkled. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.