| Particulars | Seasons | CP | NF | t | df | P |
| Density of seeds (m−2) | Dry | 5883 ± 322 | 2637 ± 322 | 4.07 | 47 | 0.00 |
| Wet | 3708 ± 337 | 1825 ± 230 | 3.44 | 47 | 0.00 | |
| Pooled | 4642 ± 274 | 2231 ± 184 | 3.71 | 110 | 0.00 | |
| Species richness (Species sample−1) | Dry | 19 ± 0.46 | 16 ± 0.42 | 5.95 | 47 | 0.00 |
| Wet | 12 ± 0.49 | 13.1 ± 1.30 | −0.92 | 47 | 0.38 | |
| Pooled | 15 ± 0.52 | 14 ± 0.75 | 1.32 | 110 | 0.19 | |
| Fisher alpha diversity | Dry | 10.6 ± 0.10 | 9.88 ± 0.17 | 2.83 | 47 | 0.00 |
| Wet | 6.98 ± 0.80 | 9.62 ± 0.30 | 91.9 | 47 | 0.00 | |
| Pooled | 8.76 ± 0.19 | 9.75 ± 0.17 | −3.8 | 110 | 0.00 | |
| Species evenness | Dry | 0.16 ± 0.00 | 0.44 ± 0.02 | 47.8 | 47 | 0.00 |
| Wet | 0.17 ± 0.00 | 0.35 ± 0.01 | 29.6 | 47 | 0.00 | |
| Pooled | 0.16 ± 0.00 | 0.40 ± 0.02 | −15.8 | 110 | 0.00 | |
| Number of species per 400 seeds (with 95% CI) | Dry | 34 (28.7 to 40.1) | 37 (33.5 to 41.9) | - | - | - |
| Wet | 25 (19.6 to 31.5) | 37 (31.5 to 42.8) | - | - | - | |
| Pooled | 30 (23.9 to 36) | 37 (35 to 46) | - | - | - | |
| Sørenson’s similarity index | Dry | 0.32 | 0.00 | - | - | - |
| Wet | 0.26 | 0.10 | - | - | - | |
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| Pooled | 0.30 | 0.08 | - | - | - |