Brachiaria ruziziensis

Congo grass, bongo grass

Late flowering perennial similar to B. decumbens, but with the lower glume distant from the rest of the spikelet. Light-green broad hairy leaves and flowers. Cultivated in the humid tropics for pasture. Can be grown with Desmodium intortum and Stylosanthes gracilis.

As % of dry matter
DMCPCFAshEENFERef
Fresh, aerial part, Congo13.927.29.02.347.6428
Fresh, early bloom, Brazil22.07.635.48.51.946.3537
Digestibility (%)
AnimalCPCFEENFEMERef
Fresh, vegetativeSheep69.269.838.374.12.45428

References

428, 537

Abstracts

Composition(138), Dairy(325), Sheep(436)