| Roupala montana |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Order: |
Proteales |
| Family: |
Proteaceae |
| Genus: |
Roupala |
| Species: |
R. montana |
| Binomial name |
Roupala montana
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| Synonyms |
- Embothrium pinnatum Ruiz & Pavón
- Roupala pyrifolia Knight
- Roupala diversifolia R.Brown
- Roupala media R.Brown
- Roupala dentata R.Brown
- Roupala complicata Kunth in HBK
- Roupala ovalis Pohl
- Roupala affinis Pohl
- Roupala macropoda Klotzsch & H.Karsten
- Roupala brasiliensis Klotzsch var. macropoda Meisner
- Roupala gardneri Meisner
- Roupala gardneri Meisner var. angustata Meisner
- Roupala gardneri Meisner var. dentata Meisner
- Roupala gardneri Meisner var. integrifolia Meisner
- Roupala glabrata Klotzsch
- Roupala martii Meisner
- Roupala martii Meisner var. pinnata Meisner
- Roupala martii Meisner var. simplicifolia Meisner
- Roupala veraguensis Klotszch
- Roupala ovalis Klotzsch ex Meisner
- Roupala boissieriana Meisner
- Roupala tomentosa Pohl var. sellowii Meisner
- Roupala montana var. complicata (Kunth) Grisebach
- Roupala montana var. heterophylla Grisebach
- Roupala borealis Hemsley
- Roupala acuminata Glaziou
- Roupala darienensis Pittier
- Roupala panamensis Pittier
- Roupala discolor Rusby
- Roupala dissimilis Pittier
- Roupala repanda Lundell
- Roupala sphenophylla Diels ex Sleumer
- Roupala mayana Lundell
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Roupala montana is a species of shrub or tree in the family Proteaceae which is native to much of the Neotropics. It is a morphologically variable species with four recognised varieties. The species is used medicinally in Venezuela, and as an aphrodisiac in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.