Mr.W.Johnson found in the foliage a considerable quantity of starch and gum, rendering it nutritious.

Cattle and sheep browse on the twigs of this, and some allied species, even in the presence of plentiful grass; and are much sustained by such acacias in seasons of protracted drought.
Dromedaries in Australia crave for the mulga as food.

Wood excessively hard, dark-brown; used, preferentially, by the natives for boomerangs, sticks with which to lift edible roots, and shafts of phragmites, spears, wommerahs, nulla-nullas, and jagged spear ends.

Mr.J.H.
Maiden determined the percentage of mimosa tannic acid in the perfectly dry bark as 8.62." The mulga bears a small woody fruit called the mulga apple.

It somewhat resembles the taste of apples, and is sweet.