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Table 3. DM productivity (mt per ha per yr) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> some promising tropical forages<br />

in pure swards under natural shade <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> plantati<strong>on</strong> crops.<br />

Species Shade as 076sunlight References<br />

0-25% 26-50% 51-75076 76-1007<br />

Coc<strong>on</strong>ut<br />

B. decumbens 0.7 4.4 9-11 28 Smith and<br />

B. humidicola 0.7 4.1 22 Whiteman<br />

B. miliiformis 1.0 3.4 4-7 18 (1983)<br />

S. secundatum 1.9 4.9 3-4 6<br />

A. compressus 1.3 1.9 4-5 5<br />

P. c<strong>on</strong>jugatum 1.0 2.6 2 8<br />

L aristatum 0.3 5.5 7-8 14<br />

S. guianensis - - - 15.2 Steel and<br />

C. pubescens - - - 3.3 Humphreys<br />

(1974)<br />

P. maximum (tall) - - 15.5 -<br />

B. humidicola - - 10.5 - Reynolds<br />

B. brizantha - - 8.9 - (1978)<br />

B. miliiformis - - 8.2 -<br />

P. c<strong>on</strong>jugatum - - 8.5 -<br />

B. brizantha - - 5-11 - Manidooll<br />

A. compressus - - 4-7 - (1984)<br />

P. c<strong>on</strong>jugalum - - 4-7 -<br />

P. maximum - - 1 -<br />

Rubber<br />

B. miliiformis 1.2 4.3 8.4 8.8 Waidyanatha<br />

P. maximum 2.2 6.1 8.9 11.1 et al.<br />

B. brizantha 2.1 5.6 8.6 10.1 (1984)<br />

P. maximum 3.5 - 8.5 14.5 Mohd. Najib<br />

P. purpureum 4.2 - 9.5 12.3 (1989)<br />

Oil Palm<br />

P. maximum 1.0 - - -<br />

A. compressus 0.9 - - -<br />

P. c<strong>on</strong>jugatum 1.0 - - - Chen and<br />

S. sphacelata 0.6 - - - B<strong>on</strong>g<br />

D. setivalva 1.0 - - - (1983)<br />

B. decumbens 1.7 - - -<br />

D. ovalifolium 2.0 - - -<br />

C. caeruleum 0.6 - - - Chen and<br />

C. pubescens 0.4 - - - Othman<br />

S. guianensis 0.3 - - - (1984)<br />

D. heterophylium 0.3 - - -<br />

I estimated; Source: W<strong>on</strong>g, 1990.<br />

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