Claim · model-written summary
Dracaena steudneri occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Taxon
- Dracaena steudneri
Dracaena steudnerie0 - Outcome
- most frequently occurring and widely utilizede0
Verbatim
e0“Vernonia amygdalina, Ficus ovata, Dracaena steudneri, and Terminalia laxiflora were the most frequently occurring and widely utilized fodder tree species.”
Title
Kuratu Kuke; Yilkal Tadele; Tekle Olbamo Scientific Reports 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-30029-x
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation The area contained 18 fodder tree species.
- Observation The area contained 9 shrub species.
- Observation Trees accounted for 79.0% of identified fodder species.
- Observation Shrubs accounted for 21.0% of identified fodder species.
- Observation 42.1% of identified fodder species were highly desirable.
- Observation 36.8% of identified fodder species were desirable.
- Observation 21.1% of identified fodder species were less desirable.
- Observation Vernonia amygdalina occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Observation Ficus ovata occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Observation Terminalia laxiflora occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Observation Livestock consumed twigs, leaves, fruits and pods of these fodder species.
- Observation Mean leaf biomass yield of fodder trees was 13.82 ± 0.613 kg/tree.
- Observation Mean leaf biomass yield of shrubs was 2.97 ± 0.464 kg/shrub.
- Recommendation Authors recommended nutritional evaluation and feeding trials for the fodder species.
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