Parashorea

taxobox
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Dipterocarpaceae
genus = "Parashorea"
genus_authority = Kurz
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 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 15 species distributed from South Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and the southernmost parts of China to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.

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

Species include:
* "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