Table 3. Percentage of water absorption of F. suffruticosa seeds in P2 and P27 before germination.

Time (h)	Percentage of water absorption (%)
	CK		S40		S80		S120		S160		S200		S240
	P2	P27	P2	P27	P2	P27	P2	P27	P2	P27	P2	P27	P2	P27
0	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
4	15.95 ± 1.99	14.21 ± 1.58	15.34 ± 1.77	16.27 ± 1.66	16.13 ± 1.59	16.6 ± 1.87	14.86 ± 1.96	18.04 ± 1.67	15.95 ± 1.35	22.84 ± 1.94	14.69 ± 1.51	17.8 ± 1.68	14.84 ± 1.86	11.77 ± 1.50
8	21.07 ± 2.42	18.22 ± 1.88	19.86 ± 1.97	20.93 ± 1.83	20.61 ± 1.49	20.54 ± 1.67	17.72 ± 2.07	20.80 ± 1.76	19.41 ± 1.84	25.57 ± 2.02	18.85 ± 2.08	21.99 ± 1.98	18.76 ± 1.99	20.16 ± 1.86
12	21.89 ± 2.59	19.72 ± 1.83	20.93 ± 1.86	21.87 ± 1.78	21.77 ± 1.70	22.82 ± 1.83	18.67 ± 1.98	22.63 ± 1.79	21.26 ± 1.81	26.67 ± 2.00	19.83 ± 2.00	23.35 ± 1.92	19.79 ± 1.96	21.39 ± 2.14
24	22.35 ± 2.57	22.42 ± 1.85	21.64 ± 1.96	23.73 ± 1.86	22.92 ± 1.92	24.38 ± 1.99	20.93 ± 1.99	24.36 ± 1.70	21.51 ± 1.86	28.85 ± 1.97	21.05 ± 2.00	24.71 ± 1.97	20.14 ± 1.89	22.72 ± 2.10
28	22.35 ± 2.57	22.62 ± 1.94	22.12 ± 1.88	23.73 ± 1.86	23.56 ± 1.69	25.00 ± 1.90	21.52 ± 2.02	24.67 ± 1.68	21.88 ± 1.80	29.29 ± 1.98	21.54 ± 1.78	25.03 ± 1.86	20.25 ± 1.88	23.34 ± 2.07
32	22.35 ± 2.57	22.62 ± 1.94	22.12 ± 1.88	23.73 ± 1.86	23.82 ± 1.62	25.00 ± 1.90	21.88 ± 2.08	24.67 ± 1.68	22.13 ± 1.76	29.29 ± 1.98	21.66 ± 1.70	25.03 ± 1.86	20.37 ± 1.87	23.44 ± 2.14
36	22.35 ± 2.57	22.62 ± 1.94	22.12 ± 1.88	23.73 ± 1.86	23.82 ± 1.62	25.00 ± 1.90	21.88 ± 2.08	24.67 ± 1.68	22.25 ± 1.74	29.29 ± 1.98	21.91 ± 1.76	25.03 ± 1.86	20.48 ± 1.89	23.44 ± 2.14
48	22.47 ± 2.61	22.62 ± 1.94	22.24 ± 1.91	23.83 ± 1.79	23.82 ± 1.62	25.00 ± 1.90	21.88 ± 2.08	24.77 ± 1.65	22.25 ± 1.74	29.4 ± 1.99	21.91 ± 1.76	25.13 ± 1.89	20.48 ± 1.89	23.44 ± 2.14
60	22.58 ± 2.57	23.12 ± 2.01	22.35 ± 1.84	23.94 ± 1.77	23.94 ± 1.59	25.00 ± 1.90	21.88 ± 2.08	24.87 ± 1.62	22.37 ± 1.73	29.4 ± 1.99	22.15 ± 1.72	25.13 ± 1.89	20.48 ± 1.89	23.44 ± 2.14
72	23.17 ± 2.63	26.23 ± 1.98	22.95 ± 1.81	25.28 ± 1.80	24.07 ± 1.82	26.35 ± 1.89	21.88 ± 2.08	25.28 ± 1.57	22.5 ± 1.71	30.05 ± 1.94	22.15 ± 1.72	25.13 ± 1.89	20.48 ± 1.89	23.54 ± 2.11
84	26.08 ± 2.69	32.73 ± 2.33	24.73 ± 1.86	30.67 ± 2.20	24.07 ± 1.82	30.60 ± 2.50	22.35 ± 2.14	26.81 ± 1.69	22.62 ± 1.70	30.71 ± 1.97	22.15 ± 1.72	25.97 ± 1.92	20.48 ± 1.89	23.54 ± 2.11
96	31.66 ± 3.10	41.64 ± 2.28	31.63 ± 1.80	37.93 ± 1.95	26.25 ± 1.92	37.45 ± 2.25	23.54 ± 2.30	29.97 ± 1.79	23.11 ± 1.64	31.91 ± 2.08	22.15 ± 1.72	27.54 ± 2.14	20.48 ± 1.89	23.54 ± 2.11
108	32.71 ± 2.95		38.29 ± 2.15	44.25 ± 2.22	29.45 ± 2.29	45.33 ± 2.11	25.45 ± 2.12	34.96 ± 2.89	23.86 ± 1.58	35.63 ± 2.29	22.15 ± 1.72	29.11 ± 2.07	20.71 ± 2.04	25.69 ± 2.14
120			44.59 ± 2.34		34.19 ± 2.14	52.39 ± 2.08	28.3 ± 2.33	40.98 ± 3.04	25.96 ± 1.99	40.22 ± 2.18	22.89 ± 1.68	32.15 ± 2.14	21.75 ± 2.22	28.25 ± 2.15
132					41.74 ± 2.00		31.39 ± 2.55	48.11 ± 2.63	29.05 ± 2.17	44.37 ± 2.21	23.99 ± 1.70	37.8 ± 2.84	23.25 ± 2.05	30.5 ± 2.21
144							36.03 ± 2.27		32.39 ± 1.86	46.89 ± 2.09	26.19 ± 1.69	43.14 ± 3.67	24.97 ± 2.06	32.96 ± 2.15
156									35.48 ± 2.00		28.15 ± 1.99	45.65 ± 3.55	26.7 ± 1.99	35.41 ± 2.14
168									38.94 ± 2.10		30.84 ± 2.20		28.54 ± 2.26	38.59 ± 2.17
180											32.93 ± 1.98		29.92 ± 2.09	41.15 ± 2.19
192											35.25 ± 1.91		31.76 ± 2.09	43.81 ± 2.44
204											38.07 ± 1.92		33.72 ± 2.12	46.57 ± 2.46
216											40.27 ± 1.71		35.56 ± 2.12	49.03 ± 2.23
228											42.59 ± 1.77		37.4 ± 1.99	50.56 ± 2.22
240											44.55 ± 1.78		39.13 ± 1.76
252											46.14 ± 1.71		40.74 ± 2.13
264													42.35 ± 1.97