Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Parashorea stellata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Parashorea stellata is an evergreen tree with a globose crown; it can grow 25 - 40 metres tall. The cylindrical bole is usually straight, but sometimes slightly twisted. It has irregular buttresses that sometimes run along the ground[ 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. ]. The trees are harvested from the wild for their timber, which is used locally and also traded. The plant is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia.

HabitatFrequent in lowland and hill evergreen dipterocarp forests in seasonal areas, especially in valleys, at elevations up to 650 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. In mixed and open degraded forests on poor soil at elevations from 300 - 800 metres[ 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. ].