Letestua

Letestua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Letestua; Lecomte
Binomial name
	Letestua durissima; (A.Chev.) Lecomte
Synonyms
	Pierreodendron A.Chev. 1917, illegitimate homonym, not Pierreodendron Engl. 1907 (Simaroubaceae); Pierreodendron durissimum A.Chev.; Letestua floribunda Lecomte;

Letestua is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1917.^[2]^[3]^[4]

There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ ^a ^b Tropicos, Letestua Lecomte
^ Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 257
^ Lecomte, Paul Henri. 1920. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 4: 3-7 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations

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