Richetia faguetiana
| Richetia faguetiana | |
|---|---|
| A Richetia faguetiana specimen photographed in Tawau, Sabah, 2013. At 88.32 m, it was billed as the tallest tropical tree in the world, until the discovery of an even taller R. faguetiana, dubbed Menara, in August 2018. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Richetia |
| Species: | R. faguetiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Richetia faguetiana (F.Heim.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck. (2022) | |
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Richetia faguetiana is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Along with other species in the genus Richetia, it is also known as the yellow meranti. It is native to Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and Thailand. It is the second tallest flowering plant, and sixth tallest living tree; the tallest living specimen, Menara was measured to be 97.58 m (320.1 ft) height in 2019.