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Round leaf cassia (Chamaecrista rotundifolia)

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).

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Description
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Common names 
Round leaf cassia, round leafed cassia
Species 

Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Pers.) Greene [Fabaceae]

Synonyms 
Cassia bauhiniifolia Kunth, Cassia bifoliolata DC. ex Collad., Cassia rotundifolia Pers., Cassia rotundifolia var. grandiflora Benth., Chamaecrista bauhiniifolia (Kunth) Gleason
Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 
References
References 
Ahn, J. H. ; Elliott, R. ; Minson, D. J., 1988. Quality assessment of the fodder legume Cassia rotundifolia. Trop. Grassl., 22 (2): 63-67 web icon
Mupangwa, J. F. ; Ngongoni, N. T. ; Topps, J. H. ; Ndlovu, P., 1997. Chemical composition and dry matter degradability profiles of forage legumes Cassia rotundifolia cv. Wynn, Lablab purpureus cv. Highworth and Macroptilium atropurpureum cv. Siratro at 8 weeks of growth (pre-anthesis). Anim. Feed Sci. Technol., 69 (1-3): 167-178 web icon
Mupangwa, J. F. ; Ngongoni, N. T. ; Topps, J. H. ; Acamovic T. ; Hamudikuwanda, H. ; Ndlovu, L. R., 2000. Dry matter intake, apparent digestibility and excretion of purine derivatives in sheep fed tropical legume hay. Small Rumin. Res., 36 (3): 261-268 web icon
Mupangwa, J. F. ; Ngongoni, N. T. ; Topps, J. H. ; Hamudikuwanda, H., 2000. Effects of supplementing a basal diet of Chloris gayana hay with one of three protein-rich legume hays of Cassia rotundifolia, Lablab purpureus and Macroptilium atropurpureum forage on some nutritional parameters in goats. Trop. Anim. Health Prod., 32 (4): 245-256 web icon
Mupangwa, J. F. ; Ngongoni, N. T. ; Topps, J. H. ; Acamovic, T. ; Hamudikuwanda, H., 2003. Rumen degradability and post-ruminal digestion of dry matter, nitrogen and amino acids in three tropical forage legumes estimated by the mobile nylon bag technique. Livest. Prod. Sci., 79 (1): 37-46 web icon
Mupangwa, J. F. ; Ngongoni, N. T. ; Hamudikuwanda, H., 2003. The effect of stage of growth and method of drying fresh herbage on in sacco dry matter degradability of three tropical forage legumes. Livest. Res. Rural Dev., 15 (2): web icon
Mupangwa, J. F. ; Ngongoni, N. T. ; Hamudikuwanda, H., 2003. Effects of stage of maturity and method of drying on in situ nitrogen degradability of fresh herbage of Cassia rotundifolia, Lablab purpureus and Macroptilium atropurpureum. Livest. Res. Rural Dev., 15 (5) web icon
Mupangwa, J. F. ; Ngongoni, N. T. ; Hamudikuwanda, H., 2006. The effect of stage of growth and method of drying fresh herbage on chemical composition of three tropical herbaceous forage legumes. Trop. Subtrop. Agroecosyst., 6: 23-30 web icon
Paterson, R. T. ; Clinch, N. J. L., 1993. Use of trees by livestock 6: Cassia. National Resources Institute, Chatham, UK, 18 p. web icon
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