Table 3.
Maximum storage period for various Rubroshorea seed
| Species | Original |
25°C |
21°C |
17°C |
4°C* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % germ. | % moist. | Days | % germ. | % moist. | Days | % germ. | % moist. | Days | % germ. | % moist. | Days | % germ. | % moist. | |
| S. platyclados | 86 | 59.0 | 40 | 20 | 46.3 | 40 | 10 | 36.2 | 0 | |||||
| S. curtisii | 90 | 64.1 | 35 | 5 | 21.6 | 30 | 78 | 72.7 | 14 | 15 | 73.1 | 0 | ||
| S. accuminata | 95 | 75.3 | 30 | 70 | 61.6 | 14 | 24 | 92.9 | 0 | |||||
| S. paucifolia | 100 | 103.6 | 45 | 67 | 61.8 | 45 | 55 | 76.5 | 30 | 25 | 91.8 | 0 | ||
| S. argentifolia | 100 | 84.0 | 51 | 30 | 50.2 | 45 | 60 | 64.1 | 45 | 10 | 68.9 | 0 | ||
| S. parvifolia | 100 | 66.7 | 21 | 14 | 60.1 | 45 | 53 | 51.5 | 45 | 14 | 46.0 | 0 | ||
| S. dasyphylla | 97 | 86.9 | 8 | 48 | 55.3 | 14 | 24 | 68.0 | 8 | 48 | 68.0 | 2 | 63 | 118.7 |
| S. leprosula | 100 | 49.5 | 30 | 47 | 27 | 17 | 31.4 | 4 hours | 0 | |||||
| S. ovalis | 100 | 55.2 | 25 | 37 | 40.9 | 42 | 80 | 58.6 | 0 | |||||
All Rubroshorea seeds tested were killed at 4°C for 4 hours, but Shorea dasyphylla seeds survived at least for 2 days.