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Use of Tree Leaves
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1. Subabul - Soundal (Koobabul)
  • This is fast spreading fodder tree which produces enormous seeds.
  • Suitable season for sowing is June-July.
  • Varieties- Hawaiian giant (lvory coast) and Co1.
  • Rainfed: (Sep - Oct) K 8, Giant lpil – lpil and Co 1.
  • Plants can be harvested in as early as 6 months after planting. However, the initial cutting should not be done until the trunk has attained at least 3 cm diameter or the plant has completed one seed production cycle.
  • Harvests can be repeated once in 40 - 80 days depending upon growth and season.
  • In drought prone areas, allow the trees to grow for two years to ensure deep root penetration before commencing harvest.
  • The trees can be cut at 90 to 100 cm height from ground level.
  • As green fodder under irrigated conditions, a pure crop yields about 80 to 100 t/ha of green fodder.
  • Under rainfed conditions 40 t/ha of green fodder is got after 2 years of initial growth and pruning to a height of 100 cm.
  
2. Glyricidia
  • It is a small, semi-deciduous tree with pale bark.
  • Glyricidia sepium and Glyricidia maculata are the two species available.
  • G. maculata is more useful as green leaf manure. It also fixes atmospheric nitrogen and thereby improves soil fertility.
  • G. sepium tolerates a wide range of climatic and edaphic conditions. Growth is most rapid in regions where annual rainfall exceeds 900 mm, but it will grow where rainfall is as low as 400 mm per annum.
  • It grows in soils ranging from heavy clays to sands and on rocky eroded sites; however, it is intolerant of water logging.
  • The plant is used for fuel wood, animal feed, green manure, shade, poles, and living fences and as support plants.
  • Used as an ornamental and as a shade tree for coffee.
  • Propagated through seed or cuttings.
  • It is able to produce profuse branching and fresh growth after every cutting.
  • If cultivated along the border in one heactare, it will supply enough green leaf manure for 2 to 2.5 hectares of land.
  
 
3. Sesbania - Agathi
  • The leaves of Sesbania trees are highly palatable and mostly liked by goats.
  • The protein content in this is about 25%.
  • Grown throughout the year under irrigation.
  • Comes up in soils with good drainage.
  • Seed rate is 7.5 kg /ha, sow the seeds at a spacing of 100 cm x 100 cm (100 cm between ridges and 100 cm between plants within the ridge).
  • First cut after 8 months and subsequent harvests at an interval of 60-80 days.
  • Green fodder yield of 100 tonnes per year is obtained from one hectare.


  
 
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Developed by :
Jaspal Singh
(Ex. M.V.Sc Scholar )		  Dr. Pranav Kumar
(Assistant Professor) 		Amandeep Singh
(Final Year B.V.Sc & AH student)
Division of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R.S. Pura, SKUAST Jammu