Marula (Sclerocary birrea), aerial part, fresh
Main analysis
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
Dry matter
% as fed
30.6
10.1
21.2
47.5
5
Crude protein
% DM
10.4
2.9
5.6
19.1
36
Crude fibre
% DM
12.2
2.9
8.5
16.6
11
Neutral detergent fibre
% DM
37
6.5
28.7
49.7
9
Acid detergent fibre
% DM
28.3
4.2
21.2
33.9
11
Lignin
% DM
11.4
3.9
7
18
10
Ether extract
% DM
6.1
2.7
2.2
10.6
10
Ash
% DM
11.7
3.1
6.9
19.9
32
Insoluble ash
% DM
2
1.1
0.7
4.7
12
Gross energy
MJ/kg DM
17.8
*
Minerals
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
Calcium
g/kg DM
26.9
11.6
6.2
47.4
15
Phosphorus
g/kg DM
1.2
0.5
0.5
2
16
Potassium
g/kg DM
8.9
6.8
3.1
27
10
Sodium
g/kg DM
3.68
0.12
9.89
3
Magnesium
g/kg DM
5.4
1.5
3.8
7.6
9
Manganese
mg/kg DM
39
23
1
60
5
Zinc
mg/kg DM
46
37
11
97
5
Copper
mg/kg DM
19
28
4
69
5
Iron
mg/kg DM
86
1
Secondary metabolites
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
Tannins (eq. tannic acid)
g/kg DM
80
80
90
2
Tanins, condensed (eq. catechin)
g/kg DM
20
1
In vitro digestibility and solubility
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
In vitro OM digestibility (pepsin)
%
75
69
87
4
In vitro DM digestibility (pepsin-cellulase)
%
50
46
57
4
In vitro OM digestibility (pepsin-cellulase)
%
41
40
43
2
Ruminants nutritive values
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
OM digestibility, ruminants
%
66.3
*
Energy digestibility, ruminants
%
63.4
*
DE ruminants
MJ/kg DM
11.3
*
ME ruminants
MJ/kg DM
9.3
*
Rabbit nutritive values
Unit
Avg
SD
Min
Max
Nb
DE rabbit
MJ/kg DM
9.8
*
MEn rabbit
MJ/kg DM
9.5
*
Energy digestibility, rabbit
%
55.1
*
Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit
%
43.9
*
The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.
References
CIRAD, 1991; de Bie, 1991; FUSAGx/CRAW, 2009; Le Houérou, 1980; Mangara et al., 2017
Last updated on 04/11/2021 15:25:15
Datasheet
Table status
Finished
Table order
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