Acacia tortilis

Medium to large flat-topped tree with ring-shaped pods. Common in desert grass-bush zones. The leaves of young trees are browsed by goats and sheep, but the tree is valuable mainly for its numerous pods; which are picked up from the ground by livestock.
   
         

As % of dry matter

  
                 
       

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref
                         

Fresh leaves, Sudan

90.9

13.3

9.4

9.6

8.3

59.4

4.00

0.15

64
                         

Pods, Tanzania

    

12.3

22.4

5.6

1.8

57.9

0.98

0.24

166
                         

Pods, Kenya

    

17.8

17.5

8.4

1.7

54.6

1.34

0.36

129
                         
                         
             

Digestibility (%)

    
                         
         

Animal

CP

CF

EE

NFE

ME

Ref
                         

Pods

        

Cattle

46.2

42.0

74.0

76.6

2.30

166
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         

References

64, 129, 166

Abstracts

Composition(130)