Echinochloa colonum

Echinochloa colonum

Jungle rice, shama millet

Trailing or floating annual grass with stems up to 3 m high that grows along the banks of lakes and rivers. Very palatable succulent fodder. Also cultivated for grain. Can give several cuttings.

		As % of dry matter

	DM	CP	CF	Ash	EE	NFE	Ref

Fresh, mid bloom, Niger		12.5	28.6	12.4	2.4	44.1	45

Fresh, 6 weeks, India	14.3	15.8	28.6	15.2	2.3	38.1	190

Fresh, 10 weeks, India	21.1	9.9	31.3	17.4	1.9	39.5	"

Fresh, 14 weeks, India	27.7	7.2	31.7	16.2	1.5	43.4	"

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Echinochloa colonum

Jungle rice, shama millet

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