Brazilian Red-Cloak

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys

"Megaskepasma" is a monotypic genus of plants containing the single species "Megaskepasma erythrochlamys". Native to Venezuela and elsewhere in South America, 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 long dark green leaves with pink midrib.
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderLamiales
FamilyAcanthaceae
GenusMegaskepasma
SpeciesM. erythrochlamys
Photographed in
Malaysia