Trifolium tembense

Erect to prostrate annual. Purple flowers. Distributed in tropical E Africa including Zaire and Ethiopia, from 1400 m alt upwards, in wet situations, often in shallow water and can form extensive colonies, pure or mixed with creeping species of Pennisetum. It is well eaten by stock but not usually before flowering. 

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Full flowering stage,

Kenya

23.6

17.8

2.6

42.8

1.32

0.24

637

References

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