Shorea faguetiana explained
Shorea faguetiana is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Along with other species in the genus Shorea, it is also known as the Yellow Meranti. It is native to Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and Thailand. It is the tallest flowering plant, and third tallest living tree species, after the sequoia and Himalayan cypress, with the largest specimen measuring 100.7m (330.4feet) in height.[1]
Height
The tallest specimen, named "Menara", was measured in 2019.[2] [3] [4] 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.[5]
An almost equally tall S. faguetiana, 96.9m (317.9feet), was found in 2018 in the Tawau Hills National Park, Sabah, some 24km (15miles) from Tawau and about 9.5km (05.9miles) from the park’s main station.[6] [7]
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 93m (305feet) tall and its canopy was 40.3m (132.2feet) in diameter.[8] [9] [10]
Also in 2016, a Shorea faguetiana tree 89.5m (293.6feet) tall was found in the Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Sabah.[11] [12]
See also
Notes and References
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- nationalgeographic.com, The world's tallest known tropical tree has been found—and climbed, By Mary Gagen, April 3, 2019
- livescience.com / The World's Tallest Tropical Tree Is Longer Than a Football Field, By Laura Geggel, Associate Editor, April 6, 2019,
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- Web site: Tallest Tropical Tree Climbed. It's over 300'. 2017-03-14. Taylor . M.W.. The 93m figure is from the averaged ground level. 95.2 low side and 90.8 high side measurements from a climber deployed tape line..
- mongabay.com, World’s tallest tropical tree discovered, along with nearly 50 other record-breakers, by Mike Gaworecki on 10 November 2016
- cam.ac.uk / Minecraft tree "probably" the tallest tree in the Tropics, 08 Jun 2016
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