[2] Parinari elmeri grows up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall.

The mottled bark is pale cream or grey and white.

The wood is used by the Iban people of Borneo in the construction of their longhouses.

[2] Parinari elmeri grows naturally in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines.

Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests from sea-level to 900 metres (3,000 ft) altitude.