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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

Synonyms 

Borreria chaetocephala (DC.) Hepper

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
Datasheet citation 

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 DO NOT QUOTE.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

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