Leersia hexandra

Rice cut-grass, clubhead cut-grass, southern cut-grass

Perennial grass with stems up to 120 cm high that grows on fertile soils along watercourses and in swamps in the humid tropics and subtropics throughout the world. Tolerates waterlogging and overgrazing. Palatable when young. Burned to provide dry-season grazing.

As % of dry matter
DMCPCFAshEENFERef
Fresh, vegetative, Tanzania30.010.125.610.41.852.1175
Fresh, early bloom, Tanzania5.828.416.72.147.0476
Hay, India6.331.414.91.545.9"
Digestibility (%)
AnimalCPCFEENFEMERef
VegetativeSheep69.360.933.071.82.27175
Early bloomOxen40.063.023.054.01.70476
HayOxen38.066.031.050.01.72"

References

175, 476

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