Tallest tree in karst area of China found in Guangxi(1/3)

A 72.4-meter-tall Parashorea chinensis (Shorea wangtianshuea) tree is found at a karst peak cluster depression of Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Ningming County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 2023. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The diameter of the 150-year-old tree is 132.4 centimeters, with a crown width of 31 meters by 25 meters, and a trunk volume of 23.3 cubic meters.

A researcher measures the diameter of the Parashorea chinensis tree at a karst peak cluster depression of Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Ningming County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 2023. (Photo provided to China News Service)

A 72.4-meter-tall Parashorea chinensis (Shorea wangtianshuea) tree is found at a karst peak cluster depression of Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Ningming County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 2023. (Photo provided to China News Service)