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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Ramin
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Thymelaeaceae]]
| genus = '''''Gonystylus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Johannes Elias Teijsmann|Teijsm.]] & [[Simon Binnendijk|Binn.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
About 30, including:<br/>
''Gonystylus affinis''<br/>
''Gonystylus bancanus''<br/>
''Gonystylus confusus''<br/>
''Gonystylus forbesii''<br/>
''Gonystylus macrophyllus''<br/>
''Gonystylus maingayi''<br/>
''Gonystylus miquelianus''<br/>
''Gonystylus velutinus''
}}

'''Ramin''' (''Gonystylus'') is a [[genus]] of about 30 [[species]] of [[hardwood]] [[tree]]s native to southeast [[Asia]], in [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brunei]], the [[Philippines]], and [[Papua New Guinea]], with the highest species diversity on [[Borneo]].

Ramin is a medium-sized [[tree]], attaining a height of about 24 m with a straight, clear, unbuttressed bole about 18 m long and 60 cm in [[diameter]]. It is slow-growing, and occurs mainly in swamp [[forest]]s.

The white wood is often used in children's [[furniture]] and [[window blind]]s. It is used because it is harder and lighter colour than many other [[hardwood]]s. However, over-exploitation has led to all species of ramin being listed as [[endangered species]], particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia. An estimated 90% of ramin in recent international trade is [[illegal logging|illegally logged]]. Other names include melawis (Malaysia) and ramin telur ([[Sarawak]]).