Acacia brevispica

Shrub 2.5-4.5 m high with long thin rambling branches covered with numerous small scattered thorns. Occurs mostly on well-drained slopes in deep fertile soil. Browsed to a considerable extent by goats, but seldom eaten by cattle because of its thorny branches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As % of dry matter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Fresh leaves, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

early fruiting 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stage, Kenya

 

 

18.8

18.0

6.5

5.7

51.0

1.86

0.31

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Pods, early fruit-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing stage, Kenya

 

17.5

24.0

4.6

1.1

52.8

0.46

0.27

"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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