All kinds of food are put upon them, and served up to the family and guests.

The cattle do not eat them, as they do leaves of the peepul, bur, neem, &c.

The sakhoo, when not preserved, is cut down, when young, for beams, rafters, &c., required in building.

In the Tarae forest, the proprietors of the lands on which they stand preserve them till they attain maturity, for sale to the people of the plains; and they are taken down the Ghagra and other rivers that flow through the forest to the Ganges, and vast numbers are sold in the Calcutta market.

The fine tall sakhoos in the Tarae forest are called "sayer"; the knotted, stunted, and crooked shakoos, beyond the forest, are called "khohurs." There are but few teak (or sagwun) trees in this part of the Tarae forest.