Tieghemella

Tieghemella is a genus of the plant family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1890.^[4][5] The wood of Tieghemella species is known as makore in the lumber trade.^[6] The wood provides high chatoyance, with an average value above 20 PZC.^[7]

Tieghemella
Tieghemella heckelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Subfamily:	Sapotoideae
Genus:	Tieghemella Pierre 1890, conserved name, not Berl. & De Toni 1888 (Mucoraceae in Zygomycetes)[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Dumoria A.Chev.

Tieghemella is native to western and central Africa.^[3]

Species^[3]

1. Tieghemella africana Pierre - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. Tieghemella heckelii (A.Chev.) Pierre ex Dubard - Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo