''Parashorea'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in family

Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru ...

. The name ''Parashorea'' is derived from Greek (''para'' = similar to) and refers to the genus similarity to '' Shorea''. It contains about 15 species distributed from South Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and the southernmost parts of China to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. ''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

Species include: * ''

Parashorea aptera ''Parashorea aptera'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as w ...

'' Sloot * '' Parashorea buchananii'' (C.E.C.Fisch.) Symington * ''

Parashorea chinensis ''Parashorea chinensis'' is a large species of tree (up to 80 m tall) in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to southern China (Yunnan and Guangxi provinces) and in northern Laos and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species i ...

'' Wang Hsie * ''

Parashorea densiflora ''Parashorea densiflora'' (also called white seraya) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the ...

'' Slooten & Sym. * '' Parashorea dussaudii'' Tardieu * '' Parashorea globosa'' Sym. * '' Parashorea laotica'' Tardieu * '' Parashorea lucida'' ( Miq.) Kurz * '' Parashorea macrophylla'' Wyatt-Sm. ''ex'' P.S.Ashton * '' Parashorea malaanonan'' ( Blanco)

Merr. Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...

* '' Parashorea parvifolia'' Wyatt-Sm. ''ex'' P.S.Ashton * '' Parashorea stellata'' Kurz * '' Parashorea smythiesii'' Wyatt-Sm. ''ex'' P.S.Ashton * '' Parashorea tomentella'' (Symington) Meijer * '' Parashorea warburgii'' Brandis

Species

See also