Brachiaria ruziziensis Congo grass, bongo grassLate 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 | | | | | | | | DM | CP | CF | Ash | EE | NFE | Ref | | | Fresh, aerial part, Congo | | 13.9 | 27.2 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 47.6 | 428 | | | Fresh, early bloom, Brazil | 22.0 | 7.6 | 35.4 | 8.5 | 1.9 | 46.3 | 537 | | | | | | | | | | Digestibility (%) | | | | | | | Animal | CP | CF | EE | NFE | ME | Ref | | | Fresh, vegetative | | Sheep | 69.2 | 69.8 | 38.3 | 74.1 | 2.45 | 428 | | | | | |
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AbstractsComposition(138), Dairy(325), Sheep(436)
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