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Parashorea macrophylla
Also called White Lauan
White seraya is a large evergreen rainforest tree from Borneo, growing up to 50 metres tall, valued mainly for its timber. It is not a practical garden or houseplant and needs hot, humid lowland forest conditions.
Parashorea macrophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It a tree endemic to Borneo, where it is native to Brunei, Sarawak, and West Kalimantan. The name macrophylla is derived from Greek (makros = big and phullon = leaf) and refers to the species extremely large leaves (30-50 x 16–24 cm). It is a large evergreen tree, which can grow up to 50 metres tall with a bole up to 100 cm in diameter. It grows in lowland mixed dipterocarp rain forest, often in periodically flooded riverine areas, up to 300 metres elevation. The timber is sold under the trade name of white lauan or white seraya. It occurs in protected areas in Sarawak but elsewhere it is threatened by habitat loss.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parashorea macrophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
