quebracho bark
quebracho bark
[kā′bra·chō ‚bärk] (botany)
Bark of the white quebracho tree Aspidosperma quebracho of Chile and Argentina; main components are aspidospermine, tannin, and quebrachine; used in medicine and tanning.
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Quebracho bark is susceptible to bark beetles (Porter 2004), many of which have mutualistic associations with fungi (Booth et al.
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