ICE CREAM BEAN TREE - one of the plants that quietly does a lot of heavy lifting, and is often planted as a living support tree, meaning farmers use it as a backbone for other crops instead of relying on synthetic inputs. Drop the leaves, let them decompose, and you’ve got instant mulch and organic matter feeding the soil. It’s also a favorite in permaculture systems because it grows fast, responds well to pruning, and bounces back hard. You can chop it multiple times a year and it just keeps pu