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Tieghemella africana (Baku)

Synonyms: Baillonella africana (homotypic); Dumoria africana (homotypic); Lecomtedoxa vazii; Tieghemella jollyana

Wikipedia Abstract

Tieghemella africana is a tree species of the genus Tieghemella in the plant family of the Sapotaceae. It occurs in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Sierra Leone and is threatened by habitat loss and overharvesting.
View Wikipedia Record: Tieghemella africana

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Tieghemella africana

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  1110 lbf (503 kgf) Soft
Specific Gravity [2]  0.652

Predators

Loxodonta cyclotis (African Forest Elephant)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0