
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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Quebracho being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Piptadenia retusa
- Albizia brevifolia
- Anadenanthera macrocarpa
- Lysiloma acapulcense
- Albizia amara
- Conzattia multiflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lysiloma
- Species
- Lysiloma divaricatum
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