Digitaria swazilandensis

Swaziland finger grass

Grass with many branched stems up to 60 cm high, adapted to tropical and subtropical summer-rainfall areas. Thrives on poor soils and tolerates drought. Low yielding and not very palatable. Can be grown with Trifolinm repens.

As % of dry matter
DMCPCFAshEENFERef
Hay, Zimbabwe90.513.234.69.71.341.2143
Fresh, blooming30.17.530.511.61.948.5537

References

143, 537

Abstracts

Hay(26), Palatability(198)