Rhynchelytrum repens

Natal grass, Natal redtop

Annual grass with slender culms and flat blades up to 1 m high. The panicle has reddish silky hairs. Often found as a weed on cultivated land and takes possession of fallow ground. Grows well in arid or semiarid areas on poor sandy soils. Usually stemmy and rather low in palatability.

							As % of dry matter
						DM	CP	CF	Ash	EE	NFE	Ref
Fresh, early bloom, Kenya							11.3	31.8	9.8	2.3	44.8	131
Fresh, 8 weeks, Ghana						21.6	11.5	30.6	7.1			437
Fresh, 12 weeks, Ghana						24.5	7.0	32.1	6.1			"
Fresh, 16 weeks, Ghana						29.9	9.0	31.9	6.5			"
Fresh, 20 weeks, Ghana						39.9	5.6	35.0	6.4			"
Fresh, 32 weeks, Ghana						44.0	5.7	27.1	6.2			"
Hay, India							5.6	41.6	8.0	1.4	43.4	436
							Digestibility (%)
					Animal		CP	CF	EE	NFE	ME	Ref
Hay					Cattle		43.0	63.0	29.0	54.0	1.93	436