Tieghemella

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Tieghemella heckelii 3310668.jpg

| image_caption = Tieghemella heckelii

| taxon = Tieghemella

| authority = Pierre 1890, conserved name, not Berl. & De Toni 1888 (Mucoraceae in Zygomycetes)[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100364255 Tropicos, Tieghemella Berl. & De Toni ]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.

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| synonyms = {{Species list | Dumoria | A.Chev.}}

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Tieghemella is a genus of the plant family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1890.Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1890. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 18[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40014466 Tropicos, Tieghemella Pierre] The wood of Tieghemella species is known as makore in the lumber trade.{{cite web |url=http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/makore/ |title=Makore |last1=Meier |first1=Eric |date=2014 |website=The Wood Database |publisher= |access-date=12 July 2015}}

Tieghemella is native to western and central Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=205756 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

;Species

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