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Quebracho

Lysiloma divaricatum

Quebracho
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Mexico to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lysiloma divaricatum is a flowering tree native to Mexico and Central America. Common names include mauto, quitaz, and tepemesquite in Mexico, quebracho in Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua, and quebracho negro, tepemisque, and yaje in El Salvador.

Where it grows

Lysiloma divaricatum ranges from northern Mexico to Costa Rica.

Other Lysiloma plants

Palo blanco · False tamarind · Horseflesh mahogany · Littleleaf false tamarind · False tamarind

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysiloma divaricatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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