Many fast-growing Australian tree species are suited to the plantation forestry and agroforestry needs of tropical Asia and Africa. Acacia auriculiformis is a priority species recommended for extensive development in tropical lowlands with low humidity and high water deficit.

A. auriculiformis occurs naturally in the Northern Territory and northern Queensland in Australia, and the south of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea extending into Irian Jaya in Indonesia. It has a pulpwood potential comparable to high-quality eucalypts. However, most of the trees grown in Asia so far have crooked/forked stems which severely restricts their use. Trees with single straight stems and light crowns have been located in Queensland. Studies in Australia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia have indicated that trees originating in Papua New Guinea have the highest biomass; Queensland trees the best stem form; and NT trees have both poor form and above ground growth.