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Table 8.

In vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD, g/kg DM), metabolizable energy (ME, MJ/kg DM) ammonia N (mmol/100 mL) from the studied browse plants

Scientific name	IVOMD		NH₃N		ME

	PEG(−)	(PEG+)	PEG(−)	(PEG+)	PEG(−)	(PEG+)
Acacia nilotica	419.0^q	758.5ⁿ	13.5^ih	18.9^d	10.2^f	23.4^j
Acacia sieberriana woodii	694.6^g	838.2^e	16.8^ef	17.9^e	11.2^e	41.3^c
Combretum microphyllum	496.7^m	688.8^r	15.7^f	17.9^e	6.66^o	24.8ⁱ
Combretum molle	453.9^p	755.3^d	17.2^de	17.9^e	7.07ⁿ	20.2^k
Euphorbia tirucalli	479.2ⁿ	792.5^j	18.5^c	18.9^d	9.02^g	14.4^q
Ficus religiosa	584.3^j	785.5^l	20.1^b	20.8^b	7.94ⁱ	19.6^m
Ficus thronniggi	776.2^c	835.3^f	20.4^b	21.0^b	11.9^c	40.3^d
Kirkia acuminata	515.8^l	819.3ⁱ	3.88^l	9.10ⁱ	7.04ⁿ	19.9^l
Kirkia willmsii	475.8^o	830.6^g	10.4^k	13. 9^g	7.25^m	16.4^o
Lespendeza cuneata	644.2ⁱ	757.6^o	16.2^f	17.9^e	11.3^e	31.7^f
Leucaena leucocephala	681.0^h	877.0^d	11.9^j	13.2^h	11.3^e	43.8^a
Melia azedarach	746.1^d	882.5^c	18.2^c	19.6^c	13.4^a	43.2^b
Morus alba	805.7^b	929.0^a	21.3^a	22.3^a	12.3^b	25.7^h
Olea europaea	700.1^f	789.9^j	14.1^g	15.9^f	7.39^l	15.0^p
Olea africanum	717.3^e	830.5^h	13.7^h	15.4^fg	7.39^l	17.6ⁿ
Peltrophorum africanum	333.3^r	647.5^s	14.3^g	18.0^e	7.53^k	25.7^h
Quercus rubica	575.4^k	754.8^q	13.6^ih	15.4^fg	7.82^j	26.7^g
Rhus lancea	324.0^s	776.0^m	12.2^j	18.2^de	8.74^h	14.2^r
Ziziphus mucronta	894.3^a	919.0^b	18.1^c	18.8^d	11.7^d	35.6^e
SEM	0.190	0.21	0.2106	0.158	0.01	0.01
p value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

DM, dry matter; PEG, poly-ethylene glycol; PEG(−), denotes presence of tannin; PEG(+), denotes absence of tannin; SEM, standard error of the mean.

Means with different superscript (letters) across the column for each parameter are significantly (p<0.05) different.