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Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Brazilian red-cloak
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Megaskepasma is a monotypic genus of plants containing the single species Megaskepasma erythrochlamys, known by the common name Brazilian red-cloak. It is native to Venezuela and elsewhere in South America, a free branching, upright showy tropical shrub to 3 m high, with appressed reddish hairs; stout stems with broad ovate leaves 12-30 cm long, dark green with pink midrib. It is grown as an ornamental shrub in climates from warm temperate to tropical, for its inflorescence,...
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Where documented · 25 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 114 · GBIF 21 records
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 25 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 16
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 5
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kukuikea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiʻōhinu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kapaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1