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. "Menara", a Richetia faguetiana tree, is the tallest flowering plant, and third tallest living tree, after Sequoia sempervirens and Himalayan cypress trees, was measured to be 100.8 m height in 2019.

Height

The tallest specimen, named "Menara", was measured in 2019. The tree's height was measured from the top of the crown to the lowest part of the buttress, giving an averaged measurement of 100.8 m. An almost equally tall R. faguetiana, 96.9 m, was found in 2018 in the Tawau Hills National Park, Sabah, some 24 km from Tawau and about 9.5 km from the park’s main station. 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 tall and its canopy was 40.3 m in diameter. Also in 2016, a Richetia faguetiana tree 89.5 m tall was found in the Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Sabah.