Parashorea

Parashorea is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. The name Parashorea is derived from Greek (para = similar to) and refers to the genus similarity to Shorea. It contains about 14 species distributed from South Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and the southernmost parts of China to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.^[1]

Parashorea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Tribe:	Shoreae
Genus:	Parashorea Kurz (1870)
Species
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Parashorea trees have hard wood, can reach heights exceeding 70 metres, and have limbs reaching outward over ten metres. White seraya is a common name for several Parashorea species used in the timber trade.

Species

14 species are accepted.^[1]

• Parashorea aptera Slooten
• Parashorea buchananii (C.E.C.Fisch.) Symington
• Parashorea chinensis Wang Hsie
• Parashorea densiflora Slooten & Symington
• Parashorea dussaudii Tardieu
• Parashorea globosa Symington
• Parashorea lucida (Miq.) Kurz
• Parashorea macrophylla Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
• Parashorea malaanonan (Blanco) Merr.
• Parashorea parvifolia Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
• Parashorea smythiesii Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
• Parashorea stellata Kurz
• Parashorea tomentella (Symington) Meijer
• Parashorea warburgii Brandis

See also

• Dipterocarp timber classification