 However this dense network of lateral roots makes this tree ideal for controlling soil erosion and binding sand dunes.The seed oil has been found to be useful in diesel generators and, along with "Jatropha" and Castor, it is being explored in hundreds of projects throughout India and the third world as feedstock for biodiesel.It is especially attractive because it grows naturally through much of arid India, having very deep roots to reach water, and is one of the few crops well-suited to commercialization by India's large population of rural poor.