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Red quebracho
Schinopsis lorentzii is a hardwood tree, native of the Paraguayan subtropical area, which forms forests in Gran Chaco region of Argentina, in Paraguay, and Bolivia. Some of its common names are coronillo, quebracho Cornillo , quebracho chaqueño, quebracho colorado santiagueño, quebracho macho, and quebracho bolí. The qualification colorado differentiates it from other species of common quebracho tree, the Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco . The indication santiagueño is made to distinguish it from quebracho colorado chaqueño, a closely related species .which it comes, chiefly the red quebracho, or quebracho colorado (Schinopsis lorentzii), of the family Anacardiaceae (sumac family). This hardwood tree, native to the Paraguayan subtropics, supplies one of the most durable and heavy of timbers. It has been used as a source of tanning material for nearly 100 years but has been widely used only in the 20th cent.; today it provides much of the vegetable tannin for the leather industry although the populations are being depleted. More
The red quebracho is Loxopterygium lorentii of the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. The white quebracho is Aspidosperma quebracho of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. More
Red quebracho is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Anacardiaceae. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved. -39341- Top... More