Quebracho
Quebracho has several meanings:
- Quebracho (movement) , left-wing political movement active in Argentina
- Quebracho (Paysandú) , city in the Uruguayan department of Paysandú
- Quebracho (Cerro Largo) , a village in the Uruguayan department of Cerro Largo
- an ax-breaking, so hard wood. Several trees bear this name and play a major role in the forest and bush vegetation of Argentina and Paraguay:
- Quebracho amarillo , Aspidosperma parvifolium , Aspidosperma australe , also for Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco
- Quebracho blanco , see Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco , also for Aspidosperma olivaceum and Poeppigia procera , Pleuranthodendron lindenii
- Quebracho blanco alto , Tipuana tipu
- Quebracho blanco lagunero , Quebracho blanco chico , Quebrachillo blanco, chico or pardo and Quebracho negro , Aspidosperma triternatum
- Quebracho-colorado , see Schinopsis lorentzii (Quebracho-colorado santiagueño), Schinopsis balansae (Quebracho-colorado chaqueño), also Schinopsis aff. heterophylla and Schinopsis cornuta
- Quebracho , various Schinopsis species; Schinopsis brasiliensis ; Quebracho-colorado , Quebracho crespo and Schinopsis peruviana ; Quebracho-colorado (boliviano) and Aspidosperma tomentosum ; Quebracho , Quebracho blanco moroti
- Quebracho de cerro , Diphysa americana
- Quebracho flojo , Quebrachillo, see Iodina rhombifolia
- Quebracho negro , Leptolobium elegans , Libidibia paraguariensis , also for Schinopsis lorentzii
- Many other species are sometimes referred to as quebracho; such as Krugiodendron ferreum , Handroanthus impetiginosus , Handroanthus crysantha , Astronium fraxinifolium , Lysiloma acapulcense , Lysiloma auritum , Cojoba arborea or Albizia carbonaria , Thouinia striata , Acanthosyris spinescens , Piptadenia constricta and the like. a.
- False quebracho , Qualea cordata
