Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Quercitannic acid is one of the two forms of tannic acid found in oak bark and leaves. The other form is called gallotannic acid and is found in oak galls. The quercitannic acid molecule is also present in quercitron a yellow dye obtained from the bark of the Eastern black oak (Quercus velutina) a forest tree indigenous in North America.