TREE MANAGEMENT
The silviculture of chengal is totally dependent on natural regeneration. Regeneration beneath parent trees is rarely
abundant in primary rainforests except on ridges of hill forests. Seedlings are capable of surviving for long periods
under dense shade but suppressed. They respond to openings of gaps and well-established young trees normally
appear without assistance once such openings are created. They respond more positively to such openings than
saplings of some Shorea species. Seedlings need shade for development and some success has been achieved with
planting in secondary forests.