At the same time that the importation of slaves from Africa was being restricted or eliminated, the United States was undergoing a rapid expansion of cotton, sugar cane and rice production in the Deep South and the West
या झाडाची वाढ झपाट्याने होत असल्यामुळे अमेरिका, आफ्रिका व आशिया खंडांत या वृक्षाची लागवड मोठ्या प्रमाणात केली गेली आहे.