They're rotten azz trees. The wood would be nice since it's hard as hell and has nice grain, but by the time it gets any wood on its that's usable, it already has fractures in it. One of the reason they blow apart in storms. I had a huge one in my yard for years and cut it down a few years ago. Damn thing sent up shoots from the leftover roots for a couple of years. Still have firewood from it. It makes good firewood.
