Agathis kinabaluensis De Laub.

Small to large tree to 36 m tall. Juvenile leaves ovate and strongly acuminate, to 9 cm by 44 mm. Adult leaves ovate, slightly acuminate or occasionally on the smaller leaves round and blunt, 3.5-7 cm by 18-32 mm, tapering at the base to a 4-7 mm petiole. Mature pollen cones 18-30 by 8-10 mm, nearly sessile to a 4 mm peduncle at the base, the apex of the microsporophyll spoon-shaped, spreading slightly, 1.6-1.8 by 1.2-1.6 mm, the apex very slightly angled. Seed cone oval, 7.5-8.5 by 11 cm. Seed bract with a prominent narrow ridge along the apical margin, broadly rounded at the upper corners, a smaller 4 mm and a larger 6 mm scallop on either side of the base, 28-32 by 40-45 mm. Seed c. 11 by 7 mm, prominently acute at one upper corner and with a broad wing 20 by at least 12 mm at the other corner.

Upper montane forest, mossy low forest and subalpine scrub, occurring on nutrient-poor substrates such as ultramafics, granite or sandstone; at elevations from 1,500-2,400 metres.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.