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Tb'reisa lack of well documented evidence on<br />

the ntritional quality of shrub legumes, both in<br />

relation to animal acceptability and nutritional<br />

quality. For example, although Calliandra is not<br />

usually considered suitable <strong>for</strong> animal production,<br />

recent discussions with Barry Norton (University.<br />

of Queensland) revealed that animals were readily<br />

eating Calliandra, with a consequent weight gain.<br />

There isclearly a major need to study both the<br />

animal/plant interactions and the nutritional<br />

chemistry. It is also important to look a,<br />

management systems, and ways of gettiig shrub<br />

legumes into farming systems.<br />

There isa need <strong>for</strong> seed production o!<br />

promising lines such as Codariocalyx, <strong>for</strong> -urt!o.r<br />

trials and distribution.<br />

There isalso a need to follow up the preliminary<br />

plant nutrition work to achieve some of the original<br />

objectives of the project, such as better definition<br />

of selection criteria <strong>for</strong> selecting plants <strong>for</strong> acid<br />

soils.<br />

References<br />

Bray R.A., B.Palmer and T. Ibrahim. 1988. Some<br />

nutritional constraints <strong>for</strong> the rowth of shrub<br />

legumes on acid infertile soils in the tropics. In<br />

Multipuipose Trees <strong>for</strong> Small-Scale Farn Use,<br />

eds. D. Withington, K.G. MacDicken,<br />

C.B. Sastry and N. Adams. Arlington, Virgirnia:<br />

Winrock International and IDRC.<br />

Gunawan B., R.A. Bray, B.Palmer, T. Ibrahim,<br />

Hardjowalujano and T. Abas. 1987.<br />

Multipurpose shrub legumes <strong>for</strong> inferile soils in<br />

the tropics. Poster Paper at BNF Symposium,<br />

Cisarua: Australian Centre <strong>for</strong> International<br />

Agricultural Research.<br />

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