Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

quebracho

Lysiloma divaricatum

Spanish: Tepehuaje

quebracho (Lysiloma divaricatum)
Photographed by juancarloslopezdominguez on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, not near La Saladita

Lysiloma divaricatum is a flowering tree native to Mexico and Central America. Common names include mauto, quitaz, and tepemesquite in Mexico, quebracho in Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua, and quebracho negro, tepemisque, and yaje in El Salvador.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records2,408 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “quebracho (Lysiloma divaricatum) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/lysiloma-divaricatum/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.