What is "paraia"

Paraia is a genus of plant in family Lauraceae. It is a neotropical genus with just one species, native to the south-east of Brazil.

The genus was described 1991. Paraia is a hardwood evergreen tree that usually grows to 8 m tall; one individual has been recorded as 20 m. It occurs in an extensive area in the Brazilian states of Pará and Amazonas, in the drainage area of the Amazon Basin to the Atlantic rainforest of southern Brazil at the Trombetas River. The fruit is a berry.