Although the Albizia amara has poisonous seeds and inedible fruits, its leaves and wood have shown themselves useful in environmental conservation and construction. Reaching up to 15 meters and resembling a thorn-less acacia, the Alibizia amara has a smooth, dark-green, and scaly bark. It provides good firewood as well as being an N-fixer species and controller of soil erosion. This tree is sometimes helpful in human medicine, but also useful in veterinary practice and agriculture—it is a good source of nectar for bees, fodder for farm animals, and as a cure for masitis, mites, and tick infestations in cows. The Alibizia amara is useful in furniture-making due to its dark, fine-grained, hard wood.

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But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven, a land that the Lord, your God cares for. The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. (Deuteronomy 11:11-12)