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Shorea stenoptera
Also called Light Red Meranti
Rubroshorea stenoptera, synonym Shorea stenoptera, called light red meranti, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to western Borneo, where it is native to southwestern Sarawak and western Kalimantan. It can grow up to 30 metres tall. It is locally common in patchy lowland heath forest (kerangas) up to 300 metres elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss, and the IUCN Red List assesses the species as near threatened.
The species was described by William Burck in 1886. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jaqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in the newly-described genus Rubroshorea as R. stenoptera.
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