Roupala montana

Roupala montana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Roupala
Species:	R. montana
Binomial name
Roupala montana Aubl.
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

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.