Parashorea lucida

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Parashorea lucida
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Parashorea
Species: P. lucida
Binomial name
Parashorea lucida
(Miq.) Kurz
Synonyms
  • Parashorea stellata Slooten 1927, non Kurz 1870
  • Shorea lucida Miq.
  • Shorea subpeltata Miq.

Parashorea lucida (also called White Meranti) is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. The name lucida is derived from Latin (lucidus = clear) and refers to the venation on the leaf. It is a tall emergent tree, up to 60 m tall, found in mixed dipterocap forest on clay and and clay soils. It is found in Sumatra and Borneo. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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