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Parashorea

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Dipterocarpaceae

Higher classification
  
Dipterocarpaceae

Order
  
Malvales

Scientific name
  
Parashorea

Rank
  
Genus

Parashorea cdn1arkiveorgmedia4242086E5B7D6A4975B4554

Similar
  
Dipterocarpaceae, Parashorea malaanonan, Hopea, Parashorea chinensis, Vatica

Parashorea tomentella


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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Parashorea trees have hard wood, can reach heights exceeding 70 metres, and have limbs reaching outward over ten metres.

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Species

Species include:

Parashorea Parashorea stellata DIPTEROCARPACEAE

  • 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

    • Parashorea Parashorea stellata DIPTEROCARPACEAE

    Parashorea Parashorea malaanonan Useful Tropical Plants

    References

    Parashorea Wikipedia
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