Parastemon

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Nyilas Padang (Parastemon urophyllus) leaves (15767639662).jpg

| image_caption = Parastemon urophyllus

| taxon = Parastemon

| authority = A.DC.

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| synonyms = Diemenia Korth.

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Parastemon is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1842.Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1842. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 18: 208[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40001646 Tropicos, Parastemon A. DC.] It is native to Southeast Asia and to Papuasia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=355583 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

;Species

1. Parastemon grandifructus {{Au|Prance}} - Sarawak, Sabah
2. Parastemon urophyllus {{Au|(Wall. ex A.DC.) A.DC.}} - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
3. Parastemon versteeghii {{Au|Merr. & L.M.Perry}} - Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands