Rhus lancea

Karoo tree

Shrub or tree up to 10 m high with grey bark. Tripartite leaves with three yellowish green lanceolate leaflets 3-7 cm long. Yellowish green flowers in loose sprays. Berries spherical and laterally flattened, fleshy around the hard pip, about 0.5 cm broad. Found mainly along rivers. Seldom browsed by stock.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Fresh browse,

East Africa

12.7

22.3

7.3

7.3

50.4

0.80

0.19

212

Digestibility (%)

Animal

CP

CF

EE

NFE

ME

Ref

Foliage

Cattle

36.3

0.0

82.5

70.8

1.96

212