''Dipterocarpus sarawakensis'', locally called the Sarawak keruing, is a species of tree in the family
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru ...
, found in
peninsular Malaysia and
Borneo. It is locally common on leached
sandy soil
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s on low coastal hills.
The species was thought to be present uniquely in Sarawak (hence its specific name) until the discovery of 53 trees in
Jerangau Forest Reserve
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at the end of 2004.
sarawakensis
Trees of Peninsular Malaysia
Trees of Borneo
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