Abstract:The objective of this work was by testing imbibition,seed germination,some physiological indices between the different stratification time and germination inhibitor assay;chemical treatments were implemented to reveal the seed of dormancy mechanism and to research the effective dormancy breaking method of Styrax tonkinensis seeds with shells,which was 5 years form guanshan forest farm in Ji’an Jiangxi.The results indicated that:(1)The reason of seed dormancy includes episperm barrier,deficient of germination hormones and germination inhibitors existing in both embryo and episperm;and episperm barrier and the existence of germination inhibitors are the primary limit factors.(2)The embryo dormancy of S.tonkinensis can be relieved after GA3 treatment and stratification at natural low temperature for 30 days,but episperm barrier is always the key constraint factor for its dormancy.(3)The chemicals such as GA3,NAA and 6-BA etc.treatments were used to improve the germination rate of S.tonkinensis seeds;one of the effective ways is by 500 mg/L GA3 treatments 24 h for the carved seeds.