title: Letestua
text: # Letestua
  
  Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917.
  
  The genus name of Letestua is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), who was a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and later worked at a botanical garden in Caen.
  
  There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo.
  
  