MOMBAÇA

Scientific name: Panicum maximum.

Popular name: Mombaça.

Form of growth: erect, clumpy, very vigorous.

Altura média: 1,65 to 1,70 meters (165 to 170 centimeters).

Application: grazing and haymaking.

Digestibility: very good.

Palatability: very good.

Drought tolerance: good.

Low temperature tolerance: medium.

Average protein content in dry material: 10% to 14,4%.

Average hay production: 24 to 35 tons of dry material per hectare each year, according to the kind of soil and fertilizing.