Uses: Highly attractive tree well suited to saline areas that are subject to periods of extended inundation.
Effective wind-break or screen when grouped. Closely planted trees can develop into a beautiful copse. Responds well to pruning. Removal of lower branches enhances the papery trunks.
Habitat and food source for native birds and butterflies
Cultural use: Indigenous peoples used nearly every part of this genus in their day-to-day lives. Fibre and bark for clothing and swaddling babies, drinks made from the nectar, wood and stems for implements and to construct shelters.
Note: This species is classified schedule 2, Regulation 24.3 under the Sewerage Act and may be planted in any street or road in any drainage area provided they are not planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer main or connection. They should also not be planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer pipe in home gardens.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

 
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.