The red quebracho grows only in the jungles of the Gran Chaco, an area along the banks of the Paraguay River. |
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Pfullendorf Posada is characterized, it was constructed entirely of red quebracho. |
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In the south the Chaco is scrub-covered, with scattered stands of quebracho giving way northward to a region of semideciduous tropical forest. |
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Common trees are the quebracho, the urunday, and the guayacán, used for tannin and lumber. |
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Among the important condensed tannins are the extracts from the wood or bark of quebracho, mangrove, and wattle. |
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Forest resources of the Chaco include many species of hardwoods that yield tannin, of which the red quebracho is the most important. |
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Especially mimosa and quebracho trees and also the tara fruit extract from overseas are important sources of tannin nowadays. |
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By the 1990s, with the quebracho trees almost gone, the Casado company was looking to sell. At this time, Mr Moon began buying land either side of the Paraguay river, on which the town lies. |
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The Chaco Boreal's land is flat and is marked by deciduous scrub woodlands to the west of the Paraguay River that include the quebracho, a tree valuable as a source of tannin. |
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The ceibo is the national floral emblem and national tree, while the quebracho colorado is the national forest tree. |
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It is a great source of timber and tannin, which is derived from the native quebracho tree. |
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