Leucaena leucocephala, aerial part, fresh
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 29.9 | 4.0 | 22.7 | 37.4 | 53 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 23.3 | 4.2 | 14.2 | 33.3 | 499 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 19.9 | 4.4 | 12.5 | 29.7 | 72 | |
| NDF | % DM | 40.9 | 9.3 | 22.2 | 59.1 | 335 | |
| ADF | % DM | 25.4 | 7.5 | 11.2 | 43.1 | 262 | |
| Lignin | % DM | 10.8 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 22.0 | 250 | |
| Ether extract | % DM | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 67 | |
| Ash | % DM | 8.5 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 511 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 19.0 | 1.7 | 18.3 | 23.5 | 14 | * |
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 10.7 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 27.2 | 121 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 249 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 18.9 | 3.7 | 10.6 | 25.2 | 194 | |
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 38 | |
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 3.9 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 71 | |
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 65 | 23 | 27 | 132 | 32 | |
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 30 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 33 | |
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 13 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 32 | |
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 261 | 159 | 136 | 695 | 22 | |
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Alanine | % protein | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 2 | ||
| Arginine | % protein | 5.6 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 4 | |
| Aspartic acid | % protein | 8.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2 | ||
| Cystine | % protein | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 2 | ||
| Glutamic acid | % protein | 9.8 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2 | ||
| Glycine | % protein | 4.6 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3 | |
| Histidine | % protein | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4 | |
| Isoleucine | % protein | 4.7 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 4 | |
| Leucine | % protein | 7.9 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 4 | |
| Lysine | % protein | 5.5 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 4 | |
| Methionine | % protein | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 4 | |
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 5.4 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4 | |
| Proline | % protein | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2 | ||
| Serine | % protein | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2 | ||
| Threonine | % protein | 4.1 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4 | |
| Tyrosine | % protein | 4.2 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4 | |
| Valine | % protein | 5.2 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 4 | |
| Secondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Tannins (eq. tannic acid) | g/kg DM | 23.8 | 32.1 | 0.0 | 107.8 | 18 | |
| Tannins, condensed (eq. catechin) | g/kg DM | 27.6 | 28.1 | 0.1 | 72.8 | 8 | |
| Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| OM digestibility, Ruminant | % | 75.4 | 1.5 | 58.9 | 75.4 | 4 | * |
| OM digestibility, ruminants (gas production) | % | 58 | 1 | ||||
| Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 73.3 | * | ||||
| DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 13.9 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 11.0 | * | ||||
| ME ruminants (gas production) | MJ/kg DM | 8.4 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 3 | |
| Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 65.3 | 3.5 | 60.6 | 68.6 | 4 | |
| a (N) | % | 18.5 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 35.2 | 11 | |
| b (N) | % | 62.5 | 15.8 | 36.1 | 85.7 | 11 | |
| c (N) | h-1 | 0.044 | 0.019 | 0.015 | 0.080 | 11 | |
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=4%) | % | 51 | 29 | 51 | 2 | * | |
| Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 45 | 12 | 22 | 60 | 10 | * |
| Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 58.8 | 44.0 | 58.8 | 2 | * | |
| DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 11.2 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 2 | * | |
| Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig | % | 44.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 2 |
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
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