Subabul is cultivated widely in the tropics as a fodder plant, especially on dry waste lands. It produces white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods. Subabul (kubabul) trees are grown all over India. Subabul leaves are fed to animals as green fodder. A multipurpose, ideal tree for growing on wastelands. Basically planted for checking soil-erosion and reclamation. It can be grown on various wastelands and barren lands - desert soils, deruded and eroded soils, gullies and ravines, grassy blanks, canal banks, roads and railway sites. Recommended for agro and social forestry practices. Suitable for conservation of water. Regularly sheds its leaves providing mulch and green manure, enriching the topsoil. Highly suitable for green-manuring and composting. It fixes nitrogen.Treated wood may be useful for furniture, poles, posts, rafters and props. May be useful for pulp and boards. It yeilds good firewood /3895-4675 (kg/kg) and makes very good charcoal (7000-7250K cal/kg).Yield of fresh fodder is high. Its fodder is considered to be toxic.Bark yields a gum which is a substitute for gaur gum and is also useful in paper and food industry.
