Some members of the species store water in the dry season.
Drought tolerant
Tree is fire resistant
Preferred for soil regeneration and habitat restoration
Good to plant on bunds for wind break and green manure
Unscientific tapping of gum, illegal commercial exploitation has resulted in critically low abundance and plant is now endangered in some states of India (e.g. the Aravalli hills of Rajasthan)
Tapping of gum is banned by Forest Department for about two decades in Madhya Pradesh, India
Ecology
Attract lots of Honeybees (flower pollination)
Birds feed on seeds
Uses
Gum used in pharma, health care, food, cosmetics, paper-textile, composite fibre, leather industries and industrial waste treatment. It is in great demand in global market. Preferred over synthetic polymers due to exceptional properties of gum
Gum is used as stabilizer, emulsifier, and thickener in processed foods, baking, and dairy industries as denture adhesive, thickening agent for printing dyes, in cosmetics
Gum is laxative and used for treatment of throat infections, constipation, diarrhoea,body swelling, wound healing.
