Roupala

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Roupala in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Roupala (probably a native name in Guiana). Also spelled Ropola, Rupala, Rhopala. Proteaceae. Trees, smooth or ferrugineous-tomentose, suitable only for the warmhouse. Leaves alternate, leathery, stiff, entire or dentate, undivided, or those of the sterile branches (and younger trees?) pinnate: fls. in axillary or terminal racemes, pedicelled in pairs, perfect; perianth cylindrical, slightly dilated at base, the limb scarcely broader, sub- globose, oblong or elongated, finally laxly revolute; ovary sessile: caps, hard, oblique, 2-valved, short- stipitate.—About 40 species, Trop. Amer. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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