Annual to short-lived perennialFrom tropical America and West Indies

Calopogonium

Although not widely used, it is the most popular forage legumeamongst brazilian farmers

Calopogoniummucunoides

Calopogonium mucunoides

It is a myth that at all times cattledislike grazing

Young seedlings are palatableand adult plants grazed in the dry season

The low intake is not due toany toxic effect of the plant

Density epidermal hairs may deter animals from eating

Agronomic evaluationPotential useFuture perspectives

Calopogonium mucunoides

Agronomic evaluationPotential useFuture perspectives

Calopogonium mucunoides

Days to flowering and seed yieldin the C. mucunoides collection

100150Late flowering

165123Intermediate

21095Earlyflowering

Pure seedyield

kg ha -1Days to

floweringFlowering

cycle

Relationship between number ofepidermal hairs and IVDMD in

C. mucunoides accessions

52 bHigh density, 34 hairs mm2

(78 % of the collection)

58 aLow density, 10 hairs mm2

(22 % of the collection)

IVDMD, %Pilosity

Number of rooted nodes in the C. mucunoides collection

20 – 305

8 – 196

31 – 354

36 – 493

50 – 692

70 – 1501

Rooted nodes/ m2Groups

IVDMD in plant componentsaccessions of C. mucunoides

IVDMD, %

60 b48 bGreen pods52 a42 aStem50 a40 aVein49 a41 aLeaf without vein

52 a41 aWhole leaf

Less hairyaccessions

HairyaccessionsPlant

components

Agronomic evaluationPotential useFuture perspectives

Calopogonium mucunoides

Its role is more as a reliablebasic feed, green cover or greenmanure, rather than as a highquality forage

Calopogonium mucunoides

Agronomic evaluationPotential useFuture perspectives

Calopogonium mucunoides

Calopogonium mucunoides

17 accessions were selected

CIAT 822 and 20709 wereoutstanding for leaf retentionin the dry season