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Table 3 Summary of results for the (A) ‘Germination in water’ and (B) ‘Germination over substrate’ experiments. Each seed was individually assessed after completion of each experiment, according to the following categories: "Germ", seeds that germinated during the experiment and were viable at the end; "Rot", rotten seeds at the end of the experiment; "Hollow", seeds with only tegument (no embryo) at the end of the experiment. "Control still W" is a result from a control experiment, where seeds were germinated in water without motion. "w/o W" is a result from a control experiment in which seeds were germinated without being immersed in water. More details in Fig. S1

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Scarified

Not scarified

Treatment

Result

Treatment

Result

(A) Germination in water

15 days

100% germ

15 days

0% germ, 20% rot

35 days

90% germ

35 days

16% germ, 8% rot

55 days

70% germ, 16% rot, 6% hollow

55 days

0% germ, 1% hollow

Still Water (Control)

96% germ

Still Water (Control)

16% germ

(B) Germination over substrate

15 days

44% germ

15 days

18% germ

35 days

75% germ

35 days

8% germ

55 days

80% germ

55 days

0% germ

w/o Water (Control)

44% germ

w/o Water (Control)

0% germ