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West African albizia (Albizia ferruginea)

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 

Awiemfo Samina

Species 

Albizia ferruginea (Guill. & Perr.) Benth. [Fabaceae]

Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 

Report from Nigeria lists as highest of 44 species in CP but also highest in CF.

Nutritional aspects
Ruminants 

Forage legume eaten by goats (Mecha et al., 1980).

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 20.0 2.5 16.5 22.2 4
NDF % DM 51.5 8.2 43.1 61.0 4
ADF % DM 37.2 6.7 29.0 45.3 4
Lignin % DM 11.9 1.9 9.5 13.7 4

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

References

Larbi et al., 2005

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:37

References
References 
Mecha, I. ; Adegbola, T. A., 1980. Chemical composition of some southern Nigeria forage eaten by goats. In: Browse in Africa, the current state of knowledge. H. N. Le Houérou (ed.), ILCA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 303-306 web icon
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Datasheet citation 

DATASHEET UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DO NOT QUOTE. https://feedipedia.org/node/571 Last updated on February 10, 2012, 17:04

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