Brazilian Red Cloak
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
How to identify Brazilian Red Cloak
Identify Brazilian Red Cloak by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Brazilian Red Cloak.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
- Genus
- Megaskepasma
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“Native to Venezuela and Suriname, it is a free branching, upright showy tropical shrub that grows to 3 m high with appressed reddish hairs, stout stems, and broad ovate 12–30 cm lo” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Brazilian Red Cloak itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Brazilian Red Cloak itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Brazilian Red Cloak
Brazilian Red Cloak (Megaskepasma erythrochlamys) is a species in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 1 other states.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Brazilian Red Cloak belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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