Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia celastroides
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Synonyms
- Chamaesyce celastroides (Boiss.) Croizat & O.Deg.
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens (Sherff) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. hanapepensis (Sherff) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. kaenana (Sherff) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. kohalana (O.Deg. & Sherff) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. laehiensis (O.Deg., O.Deg. & Sherff) Koutnik
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. lorifolia (A.Gray ex H.Mann) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. nelsonii (H.St.John) V.S.Raju & P.N.Rao
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. saxicola (O.Deg. & Sherff) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. stokesii (C.N.Forbes) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. tomentella (Boiss.) Koutnik
- Chamaesyce celastroides var. waikoluensis (Sherff) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Chamaesyce lorifolia (Hillebr.) Croizat & O.Deg.
- Euphorbia annulata Nutt. ex Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. amplectens Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. arenisaxosa H.St.John
- Euphorbia celastroides var. halawana Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. hanapepensis Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. haupuana Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. humbertii Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. ingrata O.Deg. & Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. kealiana Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. kohalana Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. laehiensis O.Deg., I.Deg. & Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. limahuliensis H.St.John
- Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia (A.Gray ex H.Mann) Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. mauiensis Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. moomomiana Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. nelsonii H.St.John
- Euphorbia celastroides var. nematopoda Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. niuensis Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. niuensis O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Euphorbia celastroides var. odonatoides O.Deg. & Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. saxicola O.Deg. & Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. stokesii (C.N.Forbes) Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. tomentella (Boiss.) Oudejans
- Euphorbia celastroides var. typica Sherff
- Euphorbia celastroides var. waikoluensis Sherff
- Euphorbia lorifolia (A.Gray ex H.Mann) Hillebr.
and 9 more.
Photos

Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Euphorbia celastroides: [syn., Chamaesyce celastroides var. celastroides] ʻAkoko, ʻekoko, koko, or kōkōmālei Euphorbiaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Oʻahu (Cultivated), Nīhoa for](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Euphorbia_celastroides_var._celastroides.jpg/1280px-Euphorbia_celastroides_var._celastroides.jpg)
Photo: David Eickhoff, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Euphorbia celastroides: [syn., Chamaesyce celastroides var. celastroides] ʻAkoko, ʻekoko, koko, or kōkōmālei Euphorbiaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Oʻahu (Cultivated) Nīhoa form](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Euphorbia_celastroides_var._celastroides_%284822106591%29.jpg/1280px-Euphorbia_celastroides_var._celastroides_%284822106591%29.jpg)
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.