Table 1. Nutritional composition of staple foods expressed on a dry matter basis (>1% of dry mass intake during study period).
| Species | part | NDF | ADF | ADL | AP | Fat | Ash | TNC | E contrb. |
| Arctotheca calendula | leaf | 33.49% | 27.74% | 8.12% | 18.47% | 2.42% | 20.40% | 25.22% | 0.55% |
| Bromus sp. | leaf | 54.05% | 26.73% | 2.09% | 15.33% | 3.89% | 10.94% | 15.79% | 0.85% |
| Cotula turbinata | leaf | 39.13% | 29.96% | 6.76% | 8.69% | 2.42% | 7.71% | 42.05% | 0.79% |
| Citrus sinensis 1 | peel | 10.60% | × | × | 1.50% | 20.00% | × | 25.00% | 1.67% |
| Malva sp. | leaf | 42.80% | 32.53% | 20.21% | 12.02% | 3.68% | 20.95% | 20.55% | 1.19% |
| Musa spp. 2 | peel | 8.06% | × | × | 10.00% | 5.00% | × | 20.00% | 0.37% |
| Ornithopus compressus | leaf | 41.16% | 32.21% | 16.36% | 14.52% | 3.93% | 17.67% | 22.72% | 1.75% |
| Oxalis luteola | bulb | 27.04% | 23.05% | 4.97% | 6.25% | 1.84% | 7.35% | 59.11% | 1.49% |
| Oxalis pes-caprae | leaf | 27.46% | 21.54% | 3.95% | 12.88% | 4.10% | 11.30% | 44.26% | 3.69% |
| Pinus pinea 1 | seed | 3.70% | × | × | 13.69% | 68.37% | × | 13.08% | 29.31% |
| Quercus sp. 1 | seed | × | × | × | 6.15% | 23.86% | × | 40.75% | 14.67% |
| Tolpis capensis | leaf | 33.98% | 24.06% | 8.44% | 11.24% | 5.96% | 20.49% | 27.46% | 15.11% |
| Tolpis capensis | root | 32.47% | 27.62% | 13.91% | 5.03% | 2.07% | 16.12% | 44.76% | 3.49% |
| Trachyandra sp. | leaf | 39.23% | 25.63% | 2.55% | 12.84% | 4.31% | 17.03% | 26.59% | 0.53% |
| Unknown leaf | leaf | 41.38% | 32.45% | 19.84% | 11.77% | 1.37% | 21.35% | 24.13% | 0.62% |
| Vicia tetrasperma | leaf | 42.68% | 31.60% | 8.51% | 16.90% | 3.86% | 7.01% | 29.55% | 4.74% |
NDF = neutral detergent fiber, ADF = acid detergent fiber, ADL = acid detergent lignin, AP = available protein, TNC = total non-structural carbohydrates, E contrb. = contribution of food item to total metabolizable energy intake over the 30 day study period.
1
nutritional information from U.S. Department of Agriculture [42].
2
nutritional information from Emaga et al. [57].