Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Elephant's ear, earpod, mulatto ear, monkey ear

Spreading deciduous tree with a huge grey trunk. In the dry season, when bare of its feathery foliage, the brown ear-shaped seedpods can be seen dangling high on the tree. The seeds are sometimes used as human food.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Fresh twigs, young,

Malaysia

43.5

16.8

12.2

5.0

5.3

60.7

0.67

0.14

292

Seeds, Costa Rica

88.7

21.8

13.5

4.1

1.7

59.0

537

Nylon bag degradability

a

b

c

12hr

48hr

Ref

(%)

(%)

(/hour)

(%)

(%)

Leaves (freeze dried)

DM

86.2

87.6

630

N

95.8

"

[P (rumen degradability at time t) = a+b*(1-exp(-c*t))]

Amino acid composition as % of crude protein

Seed

Ref

74

Arg

Cys

Gly

Hys

Ils

Leu

Lys

Met

Phe

Thr

Try

Tyr

Val

6.2

2.0

-

3.0

4.0

2.4

6.8

1.0

3.5

3.5

0.8

1.4

4.1