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Button weed (Spermacoce chaetocephala)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

Datasheet

Description
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Common names 

Button weed

Species 

Spermacoce chaetocephala (DC.) Hepper [Rubiaceae]

Synonyms 

Borreria chaetocephala (DC.) Hepper

Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 

Weed

Nutritional aspects
Ruminants 

Cited as component of fallow in groundnut rotation, grazed by sheep.

Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 
References
References 
Compère, R. ; Buldgen, A. ; Lemal, D., 1990. Short duration fallow in the groundnut belt of Senegal. Bulletin des Recherches Agronomiques de Gembloux, 25 (3): 357-372 web icon
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Datasheet citation 

DATASHEET UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DO NOT QUOTE. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/582 Last updated on June 10, 2010, 15:14

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