''Richetia faguetiana'' is a

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in the

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Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India ...

. Along with other species in the genus '' Richetia'', it is also known as the '' yellow meranti.'' It is native to

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, the

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, and

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. It is the second tallest

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, and sixth tallest living tree; the tallest living specimen, Menara was measured to be height in 2019.

Height

The tallest specimen, named "Menara", was measured in 2019. The tree's height was measured from the top of the crown to the lowest part of the buttress, giving an averaged measurement of 97.58 m. An almost equally tall ''R. faguetiana'', , was found in 2018 in the Tawau Hills National Park,

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, some from Tawau and about from the park’s main station. In 2016, the then tallest tropical tree, known as "Lahad Datu", was found at the Danum Valley Conservation Area. It was measured as an average of tape drops to be tall and its canopy was in diameter. Also in 2016, a ''Richetia faguetiana'' tree tall was found in the Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Sabah.mongabay.com
Tropics’ tallest tree found in Malaysia
12 June 2016

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q130412835 faguetiana Dipterocarps of Borneo Trees of Peninsular Malaysia Trees of Thailand Plants described in 1891 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN

Height

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