''Parashorea malaanonan'' is a species of plant in the 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 ...

. it is found in the

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and the northeast coast of

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

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. The name ''malaanonan'' is derived from Tagalog (''mala'' = false and ''anonang'' = custard apple) and is a putative vernacular name for this species. It is a large emergent tree, up to 60 m, found in mixed dipterocarp forests on deep friable clay soils. It can still be found in forest reserves in the east coast of Sabah although elsewhere it is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...

. The timber is a light hardwood sold under the trade name of white lauan or white seraya.

References

malaanonan Critically endangered plants Trees of Borneo Flora of Sabah Trees of the Philippines Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Francisco Manuel Blanco {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub