Dichrostachys glomerata

Chinese lantern tree

Small tree or shrub with twisted branches and stout straight or slightly curved thorns. Can form dense impenetrable thickets and is most difficult to eradicate. The pods, twisted and borne in large bunches, are much relished by cattle and game.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Pods, Nigeria

11.4

25.6

5.5

1.2

56.3

58

Pods, Tanzania

90.0

10.8

26.6

5.4

1.4

55.8

0.51

0.20

167

Digestibility (%)

Animal

CP

CF

EE

NFE

ME

Ref

Pods

Sheep

37.2

55.3

69.0

67.3

2.14

167