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Paraia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Lauraceae

Higher classification
  
Lauraceae

Order
  
Laurales

Scientific name
  
Paraia

Rank
  
Genus

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Paraia is a genus of plant in family Lauraceae. It is a neotropical genus with just one species, native to the south-east of Brazil.

The genus was described 1991. Paraia is a hardwood evergreen tree that usually grows to 8 m tall; one individual has been recorded as 20 m. It occurs in an extensive area in the Brazilian states of ParĂ¡ and Amazonas, in the drainage area of the Amazon Basin to the Atlantic rainforest of southern Brazil at the Trombetas River. The fruit is a berry.

References

Paraia Wikipedia