-(Isothermal seed germination of Adenanthera pavonina). This work reports aspects of seed germination at different temperatures of Adenanthera pavonina L., a woody Southeast Asian Leguminosae. Germination was studied by measuring the fi nal percentages, the rate, the rate variance and the synchronisation of the individual seeds calculated by the minimal informational entropy of frequencies distribution of seed germination. Overlapping the germinability range with the range for the highest values of germination rates and the minimal informational entropy of frequencies distribution of seed germination, we found that the best temperature for the germination of A. pavonina seeds is 35 °C. The slope μ of the Arrhenius plot of the germination rates is positive for T < 35 °C and negative for T > 35 °C. The activation enthalpies, estimated from closely-spaced points, shows that |∆H-| < 12 Cal mol -1 occur for temperatures in the range between 25 °C and 40 °C. The ecological implication of these results are that this species may germinate very fast in tropical areas during the summer season. This may be an advantage to the establishment of this species under the climatic conditions in those areas.
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