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Wild cane (Saccharum spontaneum)

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 
Wild cane, fodder cane, geshoumi, wild sugarcane
Species 

Saccharum spontaneum L. [Poaceae]

Synonyms 
Saccharum biflorum Forssk., Saccharum arenicola Ohwi, Saccharum spontaneum var. arenicola (Ohwi) Ohwi
Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 
Vigorous perennial with erect culms up to 5 m high. Very variable. Common on river banks and in damp depressions and swamps. Can grow in poor soils. A pernicious weed.
Nutritional aspects
Ruminants 
Occasionally used for browsing and emergency feed.
Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 

Avg: average or predicted value; SD: standard deviation; Min: minimum value; Max: maximum value; Nb: number of values (samples) used

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).

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Crude protein % DM 4.9 1.3 3.4 5.9 3
Crude fibre % DM 39.9 0.3 39.6 40.2 3
NDF % DM 75.8 1
ADF % DM 47.5 1
Lignin % DM 8.1 1
Ether extract % DM 1.2 0.2 1.1 1.4 3
Ash % DM 7.4 3.2 4.2 10.7 3
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 18.3 *
 
Ruminant nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
OM digestibility, Ruminant % 56.1 47.5 67.1 2 *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 53.7 *
DE ruminants MJ/kg DM 9.8 *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 7.9 *
Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants % 35.0 11.0 59.0 2

The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.

References

CIRAD, 1991; Kehar, 1948

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:23

References
References 
Kehar, N. D., 1948. Investigations of famine rations: Kans (Saccharum spontaneum Linn). A reorientation in its use as a cattle feed. Indian J. Vet. Sci., 18: 211-221
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Datasheet citation 

DATASHEET UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DO NOT QUOTE. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/387 Last updated on March 16, 2010, 17:13

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