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Tieghemella

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

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Tieghemella
Tieghemella heckelii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
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)12
Synonyms3
  • Dumoria A.Chev.

Tieghemella is a genus of the plant family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1890.45 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 is native to western and central Africa.3

Species3
  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
References

References

  1. Tropicos, Tieghemella Berl. & De Toni
  2. Mouly, A., L. Gautier, J. Dupont, H. Chevillotte, J.-L. Guillaumet & E. J. M. Florence. 2010. (1949 [1971]) Proposal to conserve Tieghemella Pierre (Sapotaceae) against Tieghemella Berl. & De Toni (Absidiaceae). Taxon 59(5): 1605–1606.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1890. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 18
  5. Tropicos, Tieghemella Pierre
  6. Meier, Eric (2014). "Makore". The Wood Database. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  7. "Makore". PZC Chatometry (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-07-27.