Shorea faguetiana

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Shorea faguetiana
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Shorea
Species: S. faguetiana
Binomial name
Shorea faguetiana
Heim.

Shorea faguetiana (also called Yellow Meranti) is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The tallest documented tropical angiosperm is a 88.3 m tall Shorea faguetiana in the Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo[1].

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  1. ^ Borneo. Eastern Native Tree Society. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.