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Okan (Cylicodiscus gabunensis)

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 
Okan, African greenheart
Species 

Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms [Fabaceae]

Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 
Commercial timber tree.
Distribution 
Forests of Guinea and Congo, Nigeria
Nutritional aspects
Ruminants 
Report as browse species in Nigeria where had high intake and digestibility by goats.
Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 
References
References 
Carew, B. A. R. ; Mosi, A. K. ; Mba, A. U. ; Egbunike, G. N., 1980. The potential of browse plants in the nutrition of small ruminants in the humid forest and derived savanna zones of Nigeria. In: Browse in Africa, the current state of knowledge. H. N. Le Houérou (ed.), ILCA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 307-311 web icon
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Datasheet citation 

DATASHEET UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DO NOT QUOTE. https://feedipedia.org/node/600 Last updated on March 16, 2010, 17:13

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