Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea), aerial part, fresh
Main analysis
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
Dry matter
% as fed
21.9
6.0
12.7
30.5
10
Crude protein
% DM
21.3
4.3
12.8
28.7
15
Crude fibre
% DM
25.6
7.9
17.3
40.1
10
NDF
% DM
53.3
7.7
42.3
62.8
7
ADF
% DM
37.5
6.2
31.9
47.4
5
Lignin
% DM
9.1
1.0
7.9
9.8
3
Ether extract
% DM
3.0
0.9
1.2
4.4
10
Ash
% DM
9.9
3.4
6.6
17.8
8
Gross energy
MJ/kg DM
18.6
1.3
17.1
19.6
3
*
Minerals
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
Calcium
g/kg DM
12.7
6.7
1.5
25.9
11
Phosphorus
g/kg DM
2.9
1.1
0.3
3.9
9
Potassium
g/kg DM
16.9
7.3
7.7
23.0
4
Sodium
g/kg DM
0.7
0.3
0.3
1.1
4
Magnesium
g/kg DM
4.2
1.6
3.2
6.0
3
Manganese
mg/kg DM
68
35
28
91
3
Zinc
mg/kg DM
33
10
25
44
3
Copper
mg/kg DM
7
2
6
9
3
Amino acids
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
Cystine
% protein
2.1
1
Lysine
% protein
4.4
1
Methionine
% protein
1.5
1
Threonine
% protein
4.4
1
Tryptophan
% protein
1.7
1
Secondary metabolites
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
Tannins (eq. tannic acid)
g/kg DM
11.1
5.0
17.1
2
Ruminant nutritive values
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
OM digestibility, Ruminant
%
69.7
*
Energy digestibility, ruminants
%
66.6
*
DE ruminants
MJ/kg DM
12.4
*
ME ruminants
MJ/kg DM
9.8
*
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
Barnes, 1999; CIRAD, 1991; Heinritz et al., 2012; Juma et al., 2006; Kawas et al., 1995; López et al., 2001; Mastrapa et al., 2000; Nasrullah et al., 2003
Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:44:26
Datasheet
Table status
Finished
Table order
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