Genus of trees
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.
"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.
References.
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