Quebracho

Lysiloma divaricatum, known in Mexico as mauto and elsewhere as quebracho or tepeguaje, is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree of the legume family (Fabaceae), reaching up to about 15 m with a densely branched, open, spreading crown and greyish, fissured bark. The leaves are large and twice-pinnately compound (bipinnate), divided into many pairs of pinnae each bearing numerous small, oblong leaflets, giving a fine, feathery, fern-like appearance; they are typically shed in the dry season. The flowers are small, with numerous projecting white to creamy stamens, gathered into rounded, fluffy, pompon-like heads. The fruit is a flattened, papery, dark legume pod that splits at maturity to release several seeds. Native to Mexico and Central America, it is a characteristic component of tropical and subtropical dry deciduous forest, mixed pine forest, and thorn scrub, often on rocky slopes and well-drained soils, where it is valued for timber, fuelwood, and its tannin-rich bark.