 
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 140%; text-indent: 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\"><span style=\"line-height: 140%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\">Present investigation was carried out to assess the variation in seed attributes, biochemical composition and germination of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Calophyllum inophyllum</em> due to seed weight. </span><span style=\"line-height: 140%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\">Thefruitswere<span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.05pt;\">o</span>btainedfromtheCoastal areas of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala during<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.75pt;\"> May-June 2012</span>. Prominent size variation was observed in among the fruits of the same lot and the seeds were extracted after drying. The seeds weregradedsize classes<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.55pt;\"> 2-5 (small)</span>,<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.4pt;\"> 5-8 (medium)</span>and8-11 g (large) based on their weight.</span><span style=\"line-height: 140%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"> The number of fruits per kg was 116, 167 and 262 for large, medium and small size class respectively. Individual seed characters like</span><span style=\"line-height: 140%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"> length, breadth, volume and density increased with increase in size class but not the specific gravity. The biochemical constituents also were higher in seeds of large size class followed medium and small classes. However, the germination parameters were the highest in medium sized seeds. Hence, the medium sized seed can be advocated for planting stock production in the nursery followed by large seeds and small seeds can be discarded. </span></p>
 