Rubroshorea slootenii
| Rubroshorea slootenii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Rubroshorea |
| Species: | R. slootenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubroshorea slootenii (P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
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| Synonyms | |
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Shorea slootenii P.S.Ashton | |
Rubroshorea slootenii is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Sarawak and southwestern Sabah on Borneo. It grows up to 40 metres tall in lowland mixed dipterocarp forests up to 400 metres elevation.
The species was first described as Shorea slootenii by Peter Shaw Ashton in 1962. In 2022 Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in genus Rubroshorea as R. slootenii.