[6] These factors make it a potential asset to farmers in the African Subtropics and elsewhere where soil quality is a barrier to farming.

[7] It serves as a source of feed for livestock [8] and acts as a green fertilizer, raising soil quality and nutrient content which can improve yields.

[9] These combined benefits make round-leaf cassia a potential solution to many problems faced by poor farmers and their communities.

[10] Its sub-woody, semi-erect stem is covered in small hairs and can grow up to 1 metre in height, with a shallow tap-root.

[1] Some identifiable physical traits are its small axillary yellow flowers (depending on the season) and the characteristic round bifoliolate leaves for which it is named.

[1] However it has been naturalised in many other parts of the world and today appears in the Southeast United States, West Africa, and Australia,[3] and shows promise in some countries such as China and Nigeria.

[12] It performs best in light, sandy soils with good drainage and is drought-resistant, but not when left ungrazed for extended periods of time.

[5][10] It is also successful in acid soils with a high content of exchangeable aluminum,[5] as exemplified by cases in Central and Southern China.

Round-leaf cassia can be used for open grazing, but also for hay and silage[5] using its high dry matter content which contains the necessary nutrients for livestock (i.e. protein, fibre, energy, vitamins).

[9] It can be applied in several ways: in pastures, fodder banks, and on fallow land to replace previously existing plant species, as well as amongst fruit trees or intercropped in rows with cereal crops.

[9] In rat-feeding tests, round-leaf cassia was found to have equal nutritive value to alfalfa[1] which is another more common forage legume.