The ripe cone is ovoid (Plate 10). The fraction of
fully formed seeds produced varies, as indicated by
the fragmentary information available, from a few in
the middle to nearly all. In A. macrophylla the ripe
cone is about 100 mm diameter and weighs about
1 kg. In this species there are about 70 good seeds per
cone. At the other extreme the mature cone of A.
australis is only about 60 mm diameter and weighs
about O' 2 kg, but it also contains a mean number of
70 good seeds, ranging from 42-94 (McKinnon 1937).
A. dammara Javan provenance has 30-60 good and
10-20 empty seeds per cone (Team Reboisasi 1971).
The moisture content of fresh seed is often high and at
least in some provenances varies between crops. The
fresh moisture content and the weight at 5 percent
moisture content of a number