It must not be confused with other species also known as quebracho, but belonging to the genus Schinopsis.
While in Argentina, Erzia invented a method of processing some locally grown, extra-hard types of wood: algarrobo and quebracho.
By using quebracho, a tree species that grows in the Gran Chaco region of South America Vicente manages to raise cultural a social awareness to this problem.
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The wood industry of quebracho and algarrobo has also added implanted species totaling an annual average of over 300 thousand tons, of which around 100,000 tons are used for timber and the rest for firewood and vegetal coal.
Their common name is quebracho, from Spanish quiebra-hacha ("axe-breaker") in recognition of the hardness of their wood, or more precisely quebracho colorado ("red quebracho"), to distinguish them from the "white quebracho" trees of the quite unrelated genus Aspidosperma.
The qualification colorado ("red") differentiates it from other species of common quebracho tree, the Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco (quebracho blanco, "white quebracho", family Apocynaceae).
Tannin is a substance extracted from the "quebracho" tree, used for tanning hides.