MASSAI

Scientific name: Panicum maximum.

Popular name: Massai.

Form of growth: a plant which forms clumps with average height of 60 cm and brittle leaves, without waxy and average width of 9 mm.

Altura média: 0,60 meters (60 centimeters).

Application: grazing and haymaking.

Digestibility: good.

Palatability: very good.

Drought tolerance: good.

Low temperature tolerance: good.

Average protein content in dry material: 8,5% in the culms and 12,5% in the leaves.

Average hay production: 15,6 tons of dry leaves per hectare each year.