Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_megaskepasma_erythrochlamys
Brazilian Bower Plant
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
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About Brazilian Bower Plant
A robust shrub with very large pointed ovate-elliptic leaves and coarse marginal teeth. Elongated terminal flower clusters carry conspicuous reddish-purple ovate bracts. White corollas age pale pink and have erect hooded upper lips and downward-bent, twisted lower lobes. Two stamens project from the corolla. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
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
- Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
- Common names
- Brazilian bower plant · Brazilian cloak
- Other names
- Megaskepasma erythrochlamys · Brazilian bower plant · Brazilian cloak
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- 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; shrub or tree
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
- A robust shrub with very large pointed ovate-elliptic leaves and coarse marginal teeth. Elongated terminal flower clusters carry conspicuous reddish-purple ovate bracts. White corollas age pale pink and have erect hooded upper lips and downward-bent, twisted lower lobes. Two stamens project from the corolla. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.