Styrax paralleloneurus
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image=Bulletin du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg (1922) (20251392418).jpg
|genus=Styrax
|species=paralleloneurus
|authority=Perkins
|synonyms=*Styrax paralleloneurus f. inutilis Steenis
- Styrax siamensis Rordorf
- Styrax sumatranus J.J.Sm.
}}
Styrax paralleloneurus (syn. Styrax sumatranus) is a species of Styrax native to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.{{Cite web |title=Styrax paralleloneurus Perkins |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/53C8F |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Catalogue of Life}} It is the main source of benzoin Sumatra or Sumatran benzoin,.{{Cite report |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep02032.15 |title=Benzoin, a resin produced by Styrax trees in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia |last=García-Fernández |first=Carmen |date=2004 |publisher=Center for International Forestry Research |pages=152}} Its balsamic resin is superior to that of Styrax benzoin, another source of benzoin Sumatra, as the latter dries slowly and remains sticky, hence more inpurities.{{Cite book |last1=Katz |first1=Esther |title=Tapping the Green Market: Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products |last2=García-Fernández |first2=Carmen |last3=Goloubinoff |first3=Marina |publisher=Earthscan |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-85383-871-2 |editor-last=Shanley |editor-first=Patricia |series=People and Plants Conservation Series |location=London; Sterling, VA |pages=251 |chapter=Sumatra benzoin (Styrax spp.) |editor-last2=Pierce |editor-first2=Alan R. |editor-last3=Laird |editor-first3=Sarah A. |editor-last4=Guillén |editor-first4=Abraham}}{{Cite journal |last1=Purwanto |first1=Y. |last2=Walujo |first2=E. B. |last3=Munawaroh |first3=Esti |date=2005-01-01 |title=The ethnobotany of benzoin (Styrax spp.) |url=https://jte.pmei.or.id/index.php/jte/article/view/19 |journal=Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology |language=en |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=18–34 |issn=2722-0257}}