Sesban is a N-fixing shrub suitable as a soil improver. It provides green manure and its leaves produce rich compost (Cook et al., 2005). It is used in alley cropping: its nodules provide N to neighbour crops and improve their yields. Sesban can be intercropped with maize, beans, cotton, para grass, signal grass, siratro, etc. (Cook et al., 2005).
Sesban is a good windbreaker and provides shade and support for other plant species (Heering et al., 1992). In China, it has been used for the reclamation of saline soils (FAO, 2010; Cook et al., 2005).