See text Parinari is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae.

[2] Species of genus Parinari are found in Subsaharan Africa from Senegal to Sudan and Kenya and south to Namibia and Natal; in Eastern Madagascar; from Indochina through Indonesia, New Guinea, northern Queensland, and the southwest Pacific; and in Central and South America from Costa Rica to Trinidad and southern Brazil.

[1][2] The oldest fossils of Parinari fruits are from the early Miocene of Ethiopia, Panama, and Colombia.

[2] The genus is closely related to Neocarya.

[3] Parinari can be distinguished from other genera in Chrysobalanaceae by the following characteristics:[4] As of May 2014[update] The Plant List recognises 42 accepted species (including infraspecific names):[5]