Uses
The wood is highly valuable and used for many purposes,
including high quality furniture, wood carving,
and house construction. The bark is used for tanning
animal skins and the fatty cotyledons of young seeds
are edible. It has good potential for timber production
but the supply is limited and there is need for research
on improvement and management. It is nitrogen fixing
and suitable in agroforestry and for soil improvement.
Planting is carried out only on a very small scale,
mainly for genetic conservation purposes.