Parashorea is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. The name Parashorea is derived from Greek language ( 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.[
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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.
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Parashorea aptera Slooten
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Parashorea buchananii (C.E.C.Fisch.) Symington
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Parashorea chinensis Wang Hsie
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Parashorea densiflora Slooten & Symington
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Parashorea dussaudii Tardieu
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Parashorea globosa Symington
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Parashorea lucida (Miq.) Kurz
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Parashorea macrophylla Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
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Parashorea malaanonan (Blanco) Merr.
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Parashorea parvifolia Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
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Parashorea smythiesii Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
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Parashorea stellata Kurz
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Parashorea tomentella (Symington) Meijer
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Parashorea warburgii Brandis
See also
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Dipterocarp timber classification
