Seasonal variation in nutrient composition in the leaves of two Bauhinia species

Figures & Tables

Species	Source of variation	df	Dry matter	Total ash	Ether extract	Crude fibre	Crude protein	Nitrogen-free extract	Organic matter	Total carbohydrate
Bauhinia retusa	seasons	3	41.01**	3.74**	4.29**	82.37**	41.52**	22.65**	4.15^NS	33.68**
Bauhinia retusa	replications	2	7.68^NS	0.04^NS	0.02^NS	0.26^NS	2.07^NS	0.25^NS	0.59^NS	2.06^NS
Bauhinia variegata	seasons	3	72.57**	0.24*	1.03**	6.84**	5.57**	2.87*	0.91^NS	3.80^NS
Bauhinia variegata	replications	2	5.96^NS	0.08^NS	0.003^NS	0.08^NS	0.06^NS	1.73^NS	0.21^NS	4.51^NS

Species	Seasons/(month of harvesting)	Dry matter (%)	Total ash (%)	Ether extract (%)	Crude fibre (%)	Crude protein (%)	Nitrogenfree extract (%)	Organic matter (%)	Total carbohydrate (%)
B. retusa	Spring (February)	55.74	7.83	1.76	25.71	10.01	54.70	92.84	8041
	Summer (May)	60.21	8.28	2.08	21.42	9.72	59.83	91.39	81.25
	Rainy (August)	54.64	10.36	2.44	13.47	11.43	60.30	89.69	73.77
	Winter (November)	51.25	8.49	2.63	17.81	10.69	60.38	91.51	78.19
B. variegata	Spring (February)	50.40	7.40	2.56	21.10	9.63	59.31	92.93	80.41
	Summer (May)	48.67	7.53	1.88	20.88	12.06	57.65	92.47	78.53
	Rainy (August)	57.82	7.62	2.67	23.03	8.92	57.71	92.38	80.80
	Winter (November)	58.10	8.06	3.31	19.42	9.78	59.43	91.61	78.85