Azadirachta indica

Azadirachta indica

Margosa, neem tree

Large evergreen tree with edible fruits and aromatic leaves found throughout southern Asia. A mature tree can produce 350 kg of leaves a year, which may be used for feeding cattle during famines. After the oil has been pressed from the seeds, the cake is used as fertilizer, but it can also be used as feed. Up to 10% neem cake may be included in concentrates for cattle and up to 5% for poultry. The oilcake has a very bitter taste.

					As % of dry matter

				DM	CP	CF	Ash	EE	NFE	Ca	P	Ref
Fresh leaves,
India					15.4	12.7	11.2	4.2	56.5	2.65	0.24	436

Fresh leaves,
Pakistan				35.8	13.4	14.7	10.3	6.2	55.5	1.94	0.17	308

Neem cake, India				43.1	17.1	28.2	15.4	2.3	37.3	1.38	0.12	538


							Digestibility (%)

					Animal		CP	CF	EE	NFE	ME	Ref
Leaves					Cattle		52.0	23.0	58.0	68.0	2.03	436


		Amino acid composition as % of crude protein

Leaf											Ref	307

Arg	Cys	Gly	His	Ils	Leu	Lys	Met	Phe	Thr	Try	Tyr	Val
-	8.4	-	1.0	-	-	10	-	5.8	6.0	-	4.2	4.2

References

307, 308, 436, 538

Abstracts

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