Germplasm Reported from the Hindustani and Indochina-Indonesian Centers of Diversity, Malay Padauk, or cvs thereof, is reported to tolerate waterlogging. The variety echinatus differs only in having prickles on the seed bearing part of the fruit. It does poorly in lalang wasts, shallow soils, and stiff clays. According to Rojo, it grows in forests, mostly evergreen, in the lowlands up to 600 m. Seems to prefer a seasonal climate, more everwet in New Guinea.
Cultivation Grows rapidly from seeds and cuttings.
Probably best started in seed nurseries and then outplanted with the rainy season. Harvesting The kino, the resin, and the timber are usually harvested as needed. Those people who eat the flowers and leaves probably concentrate such meals during the leaf flush and flowering periods. Although this is regarded in the Philippines e.g. as one of the best furniture timbers, I find no yield data. Although the wood is not necessarily recommended as firewood, it certainly could be used for firewood.