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Albizia chinensis
Names
English: Chinese albizia
Fodder characteristics
Palatability: Fair for goats, but poor for cows.
Nutritional value: Expected to be high in protein.
Safety: No problems have been encountered, but toxic components have been reported (see e.g.), so caution needs to be applied if it could form a large proportion of the diet.
Other characteristics/uses
Agroforestry: Its gentle shade is beneficial to cocoa and coffee. It can also be interspersed with bananas where it probably acts as a partial wind break and increases humidity. It is nitrogen fixing.
Comments.
A fast growing tree, but in Masaka it produced few seeds that were difficult to collect.
Useful references.
Intercropped with cocoa in Bundibugyo
© David R Dowdy
Young leaves showing characteristic red bracts
© Alison Laws
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