Within the Central Selangor forest range is the Sungai Tekala Recreational Forest, which is about 50-km from KL. Because of its relative proximity to KL, this 242 ha Lowland Dipterocarp Forest is often used as a forest management demonstration area, with several plots designated for observation of various stages of forest regeneration after harvesting.

According to Azid Adam, Murad's assistant, Tekala counts amongst the notaries who have visited it, the heads of forestry of various Commonwealth countries and scientists from the world over. Foresters Jantan, Borhan and Kassim are well-versed with Sungai Tekala, especially the areas which have been minimally developed to accommodate visitors. Near the entrance to the Sg. Tekala Recreational Forest, close to the camping site is the office.

Sg. Tekala, as the area is called, in short, is a highly popular picnic site, especially during the weekends and public holidays. It is just one out of a total of more than 100 such recreational forest parks developed and managed by the Forestry Department throughout Peninsular Malaysia for local ecotourism. The foresters have often noticed a Resak (Vatica spp.) growing in association with the Gapis (Saraca) on a gentle slope near to the riverbank, especially during mast flowering and fruiting seasons. In fact, during one of the trips of MTC staff to this recreational forest to look for interesting specimens of fruits from commercial trees to be photographed, he was able to "harvest" a leafy shoot, replete with fruit bracts of this Resak.