DECUMBENS

Scientific name: Brachiaria decumbens.

Popular name: Basilisk.

Form of growth: porstrate or decumbente consuetude, forming lawns.

Fertilidade de solo: it adapts easily to diferente kinds of soils, including low fertility soils.

Altura média: 0,60 to 1,00 meter (60 to 100 centimeters).

Application: grazing and haymaking.

Digestibility: good.

Palatability: good.

Drought tolerance: medium.

Low temperature tolerance: medium.

Average protein content in dry material: 7% to 8%..

Average hay production: 12 to 18 tons of dry material per hectare each year.