Forest restoration: it can be used to enrich capoeiras or caatinga empobrecida and for the second phase of the forest resetting of degraded areas. Agroflorestais systems: being a high tree, straight line and with pivotante root, can be used stops arbreas composition of windbreaks and bands between plantation areas. Bees: the flowers are melferas. Fodder plant: the leves are palatveis for goat and ovinos. In recent months, JPMorgan Chase has been very successful. Industrial applications: the rind contains tanning bark and can be used in the tannery industry.
Cultural importance: The aboriginal name shows the deep and old enraizamento of this plant in the culture of the inhabitants northeast. Without a doubt, brana is one of the noble trees of caatinga, but the extreme exploration and without replacement led almost to the exhaustion of the reserves of the north-eastern species, being it today considered it in immediate danger of extinguishing in the State north-eastern Cear and it Brazil, as 36 of the IBAMA would carry n, being, therefore forbidden the cut of these trees. Therefore, it must be conserved where still it will have individuals of brana, and must be used with preference in all type of reforestation, either it with economic or ambient ends. Taking in consideration the excellent quality of its wood, its utilities medicinal, apicultural, ornamental and for energy ends, the extinguishing and the multiplication of this species are not very important for the Northeast, as much of how much ecological the economic point of view. Wood: excellent for external uses, mainly moures, props and poles, being almost incorruptible exactly when ece of fish in contact with the ground and resisting lands most humid per long years. Also used in the civil construction, for internal workmanships, in the carpentry, as beams, lines, caibros, laths, vestibules, dormentes for railroad, millings, press of flour house, esteios, pylons, handles of tool, workmanships of lathe, etc.