D.S. Amara
Njala University College, PMB Freetown, Sierra Leone
The paper reviews research on annual and tree/shrub forage legumes in Sierra Leone between 1982 and 1985. Research on annual forage legumes has focused on their nutritional value. General covered comprise Centrosema, Pueraria, Stylosanthes, Mimosa and Calopogonium. An inventory of tree legumes in Sierra Leone identified 69 accessions comprising 29 species, some of which have potential for use as forages, including Acacia ataxacantha, A. fernesiana, A. nilotica, A. senegal, Afezelia africana, Albizia adiathifolia, A. lebbeck, A. zygia, Cajanus cajan, Cassia sueberriana, Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala.
