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.

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