Give full to part sun. After some time plants can tolerate living on just rainwater, however it takes a few years to establish plants before letting them exist this way. Plants on irrigation always look great while plants living on rainfall will go dormant, dropping leaves and sometimes sustaining stem dieback as they do in nature. A light fertilization will make plants remarkably lush and fast growing. This plant really needs very little care, however.
Propagation is from seed.
Caterpillars may defoliate plants in spring, though leaves emerge quickly again shortly thereafter. Occasionally plants may be infested with mistletoe. The Seri indians used the crushed seeds and leaves to relieve upset stomach and diarrhea. The same, powdered, has been used to treat rashes, and roots have been used to make a medicinal tea. Acacia constricta occurs throughout much of Mexico and into the southwestern United States of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.