In Northern Thailand it is found growing in natural hillside evergreen forest.

[3] In the southern Cardamon Mountains and the Botum-Sakor peninsula, the tree occurs in both the short and tall Evergreen sandstone forest.

Mixed within the tall forest, with sharp boundaries at times, sometimes gradational, the short evergreen sandstone forest is found on shallow or poor soils, such as the thin soils over sandstone rock, pebble layers, or deep sand soil with a thin humus layer.

[3] In Northern Thailand, the tree is used to shade crops in the shifting fallow agriculture of the area, and it provides firewood.

[5] The floury fruits, cooked under ashes, are appreciated in Cambodia and the wood is regarded as a good firewood.