Roupala montana is a species of shrub or tree in the family Proteaceae which is native to much of the Neotropics.

[4] In their 2007 monograph, Ghillean Prance, Katie S. Edwards and coauthors recognised four named varieties within the species: R. montana var.

[2]: 131–146 Roupala montana ranges from Mexico in the north, through Central America, to Trinidad and Tobago, and across South America to southern Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil.

Specialist exotic wood suppliers typically refer to this timber as Leopardwood but it can be confused with other species such as Lacewood (Panopsis -P. rubescens and P.

It is one of several species including Parinari campestris and Richeria grandis which known by the common name bois bandé.