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.
The tallest specimen, named "Menara", was measured in 2019.[4][5][6] The tree's height was measured from the top of the crown to the lowest part of the buttress,[3] giving an averaged measurement of 97.58 m.[7]
An almost equally tall R. faguetiana, 96.9 m (318 ft), was found in 2018 in the Tawau Hills National Park, Sabah, some 24 km (15 mi) from Tawau and about 9.5 km (5.9 mi) from the park’s main station.[8][9]
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 93.0 m (305.1 ft) tall and its canopy was 40.3 m (132 ft) in diameter.[10][11][12]
Also in 2016, a Richetia faguetiana tree 89.5 m (294 ft) tall was found in the Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Sabah.[13][14]
^Taylor, M.W. "Tallest Tropical Tree Climbed. It's over 300'". Retrieved 2017-03-14. 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.
