Tree, shrub forage legumes

Kamanyola (biomass in g/plant)

Tubimbi (biomass in g/plant)

Rainy season

Dry season

Rainy season

Dry season

C. calothyrsus

132.6 ± 89.8cd

55.4 ± 73.3bc

89.2 ± 89.4bc

61.6 ± 64.9bc

D. velutinum CIAT 13218

156.5 ± 79.3c

41.0 ± 18.4bc

77.9 ± 55.0bc

39.5 ± 7.7bc

D. velutinum CIAT 23982

182.1 ± 82.4bc

50.9 ± 17.5bc

92.9 ± 84.0bc

56.2 ± 45.4bc

D. velutinum CIAT 23996

117.1 ± 68cd

32.5 ± 12.9cd

119.4 ± 102.5b

63.0 ± 59.1bc

F. macrophylla CIAT 17403

95.6 ± 47.4cd

37.4 ± 7.8c

212.0 ± 92.8a

163.7 ± 42.7a

F. macrophylla CIAT 20618

130.1 ± 46.7cd

60.7 ± 35.2bc

116.8 ± 56.0bc

87.7 ± 20.9b

L. diversifolia CIAT 17503

212.3 ± 163.7bc

122.1 ± 29.7bc

41.0 ± 48.6bc

12.3 ± 10.8cd

L. diversifolia CIAT 22192

152.1 ± 94.8cd

78.1 ± 36.5bc

79.4 ± 80.3bc

38.6 ± 31.7bc

L. diversifolia ILRI 15551

335.0 ± 136.7a

368.2 ± 125.3a

82.6 ± 86.9bc

14.1 ± 13.0cd

L. diversifolia K780

203.8 ± 104.4bc

201.8 ± 37.5bc

37.4 ± 46.4c

18.7 ± 6.6c

L. diversifolia K782

243.8 ± 123.2b

212.3 ± 40.3b

58.7 ± 59.6bc

22.1 ± 13.4bc

L. leucocephala CIAT 17263

295.2 ± 160ab

100.7 ± 30.0bc

9.5 ± 9.9cd

n.d.*

LSD (p ≤ 0.05)

78.3

83.3

64.6

68.2