Species

As % of dry matter

Digestibility (%)

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Animal

CP

CF

EE

NFE

ME

A. senegal

Browse, October, Kenya

-

20.3

27.7

6.8

2.6

42.7

1.40

0.17

Browse, November, Kenya

-

20.5

27.7

8.3

2.2

41.3

1.37

0.38

Dry leaves, Senegal

88.4

18.2

11.2

8.4

6.7

55.5

1.32

0.14

Pods, Uganda

-

22.0

39.0

7.1

1.0

30.9

-

-

Seeds, Senegal

86.7

40.1

13.7

5.0

5.8

35.4

0.75

0.31

A. seyal

Bark, dry season, August, Kenya

4.3

20.7

6.6

0.7

67.7

4.09

0.03

Bark, November, Kenya

-

4.3

24.6

10.0

1.3

59.8

2.60

0.03

Bark early wet season, February, Kenya

-

10.6

22.2

8.8

0.9

57.5

2.50

0.03

Browse, November, Kenya

-

15.3

23.3

9.6

2.2

49.7

2.04

0.21

Browse, November, Kenya

-

15.2

19.3

7.0

2.7

55.9

1.39

0.17

Leaves, November, Kenya

-

15.0

10.7

7.2

1.6

65.5

0.93

0.34

Fresh leaves, Sudan

43.6

22.6

8.4

9.0

4.0

56.0

3.83

0.21

Pods, immature, Sudan

31.5

21.3

18.6

6.1

1.8

52.2

0.98

0.43

Pods, mature, dry, Sudan

95.4

20.9

20.2

9.3

1.9

47.7

1.33

0.37

Pods, November, Kenya

-

21.9

27.4

5.6

1.4

43.7

0.63

0.26

A. sieberiana

Fresh leaves, Senegal

48.8

15.8

23.6

11.6

6.3

42.7

2.50

0.10

Pods, Nigeria

89.8

12.8

20.2

9.0

1.3

56.7

-

-

Pods, October, Kenya

-

11.6

40.2

4.0

1.4

42.7

0.10

0.14

Pods, Zimbabwe

94.5

8.4

25.1

6.7

1.9

57.9

0.10

0.14

Cattle

57.6

59.2

68.4

60.2

2.11

A. stuhlmanii

Young browse, October, Kenya

-

9.1

24.9

8.5

1.7

45.8

1.30

0.24

A. tortilis subsp. heteracantha

Fresh leaves, S. Africa

-

19.2

11.6

8.7

6.1

54.4

2.27

0.17

Pods, S. Africa

-

17.3

24.8

5.7

3.1

49.1

0.79

0.34

Seeds, S. Africa

-

37.8

10.9

5.9

6.0

39.7

0.56

0.73

Pod husks, S. Africa

-

8.7

34.3

6.2

1.6

49.2

1.10

0.14