Digitaria exilis

Acha, hungry rice (grain)

The grain from this West African cereal cultivated in poor sandy soils is used mostly for human consumption. The grain can also be used efficiently for all classes of livestock. Of interest as a feed for monogastric animals because of its high methionine content.

					As % of dry matter
				DM	CP	CF	Ash	EE	NFE	Ca	P	Ref
Grain, Ivory Coast				88.6	7.4	7.2	10.2	3.4	71.8	0.08	0.32	345
Grain, Nigeria				85.3	7.4	0.4	2.7	1.3	88.2			374
		Amino acid composition as % of crude protein
Seed											Ref	89
Arg	Cys	Gly	His	Ils	Leu	Lys	Met	Phe	Thr	Try	Tyr	Val
3.8	2.8	3.2	2.1	4.0	9.8	2.6	5.6	5.1	4.0	1.4	3.6	5.8