Menara (tree) - Wikipedia
Menara is the second-tallest flowering plant in the world, slightly shorter than the record holder, the Centurion tree, a Eucalyptus regnans in Tasmania that is 100.5 m tall. Menara weighs nearly 81,500 kilograms not counting its roots; 95% of this mass is located in the trunk, while 5% comes from the 40 meter-wide crown.
The world's tallest tropical tree has been discovered—and ...
2019年4月3日 · The team named the tree “Menara,” which is Malaysian for tower. They estimated it weighs 81,500 kilograms, or more than the maximum takeoff weight of a Boeing 737-800, excluding roots.
Richetia faguetiana - Wikipedia
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 World's Tallest Tropical Tree Is Longer Than a Football Field
2019年4月6日 · Menara is the tallest tropical tree on record. (Image credit: Alexander Shenkin) Not counting its roots, Menara weighs nearly 179,700 lbs. (81,500 kilograms). But just 5% of its mass comes from...
The Tallest Tropical Tree in the World (Updated) - MySabah.com
2021年6月7日 · Climbing Menara, the tallest tropical tree in the world. Photo by Unding Jami. As the first and only recorded tropical tree exceeds 100 Metres, this tallest tropical tree is named as “Menara”, which means Tower in Malay language. Menara …
This Is the World's Tallest Tropical Tree | Smithsonian
2019年4月9日 · The tree, named Menara, the Malay word for tower, weighs in around 180,000 pounds, the equivalent to a fully loaded Boeing 737-800. Just 5 percent of that mass is contained in its crown.
The World's Tallest Tropical Tree in Three Dimensions
2019年6月17日 · “Menara” is a Shorea faguetiana tree (common name Yellow Meranti), of the Dipterocarpaceae family, a taxon that dominates the humid lowland rainforests of SE Asia. As verified by measuring tape, it has a height of 100.8 m (distance to lowest part of the buttress; distance to lowest part of bole is 98.90 m, distance to highest base point of ...