See text 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.

[1] 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.