Parinari anamensis Hance HF (1877) J. Botany 15. 333 is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plant. It is a tree native to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, where it grows in lowland tropical moist forest. It is commonly known as Annamese burada. The Vietnamese name is cám. The Khmer name is thlok ធ្លក. A classical name for Cambodia is Nakorkuk Thlok ("the land of the thlok tree").
The trunk has a pinkish-brown hue with soft flaking bark (see illustration).
The species was described by Henry Fletcher Hance in 1877. It is currently placed in the family Chrysobalanaceae,url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/4311214|title= Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.|accessdate= 26 May 2014 |author= Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed)|date= 2014|journal= |publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.IOPI Global Plant Checklist (but formerly the Rosaceae). No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
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