A study was conducted to evaluate the conventional proximate analysis and in vitro degradability of Acacia melonoxylan, a tree fodder variety available in SBRS, Sandynallah, Nilagiri district of Tamil Nadu, first study in India, to effectively feed the animals that starve during drought period. The tree fodder contains 47.50% of dry matter and Proximate analysis showed 13.66% of CP, 36.75% of crude fibre, 3.52% of Ether extract, 5.95% of Total ash, 40.12% of NFE, 0.89% of Calcium and 0.25% of Phosphorous. Further the In vitro dry matter degradability for 24hrs and 48hrs revealed 15.31 and 36.68% for Acacia. Thus the tree fodder has high CP with better digestibility% indicates that the fodder can be very well utilized during the winter and dry summer periods in hilly tract region especially for grazing small ruminants.