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Tieghemella africana
Baku (Tieghemella africana) is a large tropical hardwood tree from the Sapotaceae family, native to West and Central Africa and valued for its timber. It is a forest tree that is not grown as a garden or houseplant, and it is threatened by habitat loss and overharvesting.
Tieghemella africana is a tree species of the genus Tieghemella in the plant family Sapotaceae. It occurs in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Sierra Leone and is threatened by habitat loss and overharvesting.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tieghemella africana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
