Rubroshorea singkawang
Species of tree
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Rubroshorea singkawang (called, along with some other dipterocarp species, dark red meranti or meranti merah) is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree which grows up to 30 metres tall. It is native to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and Thailand, where it grows in lowland evergreen rain forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
| Rubroshorea singkawang | |
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| Specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Rubroshorea |
| Species: | R. singkawang |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubroshorea singkawang (Miq.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck. | |
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The species was first described as Hopea singkawang by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in 1861. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed it in genus Rubroshorea as R. singkawang.[2]
