Trifolium repens

White clover, Ladino clover

Creeping white-flowered perennial with prostrate stems rooting at the nodes. An excellent pasture plant in cool and moist climates. Stops growing and nearly disappears when warm weather sets in, but reappears when conditions become favourable. Small-leaved varieties used for pasture and large-leaved varieties (Ladino types) for haymaking.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Fresh aerial part,

Malaysia

21.0

21.0

23.8

9.5

1.4

44.3

0.51

0.35

292

Fresh, average

values, Chile

17.4

18.9

26.8

10.9

4.4

39.0

1.29

0.34

315

Ladino type,

Chile

17.4

19.0

27.8

10.7

4.4

38.1

1.24

0.31

"

Nylon bag degradability

a

b

c

12hr

48hr

Ref

(%)

(%)

(/hour)

(%)

(%)

Hay, Portugal

DM

2.6

81.5

0.0506

78.7

627

[P (rumen degradability at time t) = a+b*(1-exp(-c*t))]

Amino acid composition as % of crude protein

Aerial part

Ref

430

Arg

Cys

Gly

His

Ils

Leu

Lys

Met

Phe

Thr

Try

Tyr

Val

3.4

-

2.9

-

-

-

4.3

-

2.0

3.0

-

1.9

6.3