Due to their hard nature, these trees derived their name from the Spanish phrase, quebrar hacha meaning "ax breaker". Quebracho trees are evergreens that grow up to a height of 100 feet. It has a straight upward trunk covered with broad scattering foliage. The Quebracho has a thick corky bark tinged with brown gray coloration. Its bark has deep furrows while its inner yellow gray smooth surface is mottled with black spots. The inner core is darker than the rest of the tree. Tannin is derived from its fibrous core. The timber of the Quebracho is one of the hardest in the world.
Quebracho is a curious hardwood from South America, and one which deals well with hard force and shocks, making it a popular wand wood to twin with Dragon Heartstring, Impundulu Feather, or in dual-wood wands, alongside Enelysion Wood or Yggdrasil Wood, where the power each can channel requires some reinforcing of the wand. It tends to select for the tactical, those willing to hold off one move for a far more powerful one later, and is also common amongst the creative.