Paspalum conjugatum

Cow grass, sour paspalum, sourgrass

Spreading perennial with long creeping stolons and erect flowering stems 30-50 cm high. Widespread in the tropics and subtropics. Adapted to the more humid tropics, where it is common in natural pastures on moist heavy soils. Should be grazed when young, as the seeds tend to stick in the throats of livestock and choke them. Low yielding and not very palatable when mature.

							As % of dry matter
						DM	CP	CF	Ash	EE	NFE	Ref
Fresh, vegetative, Malaysia						21.3	13.6	26.3	13.6	1.9	44.6	292
Fresh stems, mature, 20 cm,
Lao							6.8	40.6	3.8	2.0	46.8	95
Fresh leaves, mature, 20 cm,
Lao							14.9	28.0	4.9	4.9	47.3	"
Fresh, 25 cm, Philippines						19.0	10.5	30.5	12.6	16.0	44.8	297
							Digestibility (%)
					Animal		CP	CF	EE	NFE	ME	Ref
Fresh, 25 cm					Sheep		64.7	63.4	45.2	66.2	2.62	297