Products:

• Fuel: it the highly regarded wood igniting readily even when green, and ashes retain heat for long periods (burns very well)
• Timber; yields heavy hardwood for furniture, poles (for house construction), posts, boat building (dhow masts) and tool handles
• Fibre; used in paper making rayon fibres.
• Tannin or dyestuffs; its bark is a source of tannin
• Medicine: root extracts are used in the treatment of dysentery, diarrhoea and stomach-ache.

Services:

• Erosion control; since it is salt tolerant and grows in sand, it is used to control soil erosion along the coast.
• Shade or shelter; naturally occurs areas susceptible to tropical cyclones or typhoons, and its general tolerance to strong winds. This, has encouraged its use in protective planting
• Ornamental; this tree is beautiful and hence suitable as an ornamental.
• Reclamation: Grows vigorously on barren, polluted sites and thrives in deep sandy soils and therefore suitable for reclamation of degraded areas.