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 15 species distributed from South Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and the southernmost parts of China to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dipterocarpoideae |
| Genus: | Parashorea Kurz |
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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 edit
Species include:
- Parashorea aptera Sloot
- Parashorea buchananii (C.E.C.Fisch.) Symington
- Parashorea chinensis Wang Hsie
- Parashorea densiflora 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.
- 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
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