The crop receives almost no inputs, and is grown on residual fertility and moisture and in marginal and exhausted soils.

Facilitate reforestation, wetlands restoration, and habitat revitalization efforts by amending contaminated, compacted, and marginal soils.

Potential sources include nonfood crops like grasses and fast-growing trees that can be grown in more marginal soil, as well as plant waste.

It can be found growing in marginal soils: rocky, lateritic, clay stony hills, sand dunes, and sand-clay plains.

The plant was described as small, about 10 inches tall, and perfect for containers or sunny borders, tolerant of humid summers and thriving in marginal soils.

Slash-and-burn is a method sometimes used by shifting cultivators to create short term yields from marginal soils.

"It is resistant to high temperature and is suitable for marginal soils where other leguminous crops cannot be grown".

It is one of the most drought-tolerant crops, capable of growing on marginal soils.

The plant grows vigorously even in marginal soils and in the presence of weeds.

Alongside their commercial potential, many of the underused crops also provide important environmental services, as they are adapted to marginal soil and climate conditions.