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Scientific name: Brachiaria brizantha.
Popular name: Brachiarão, Marandu.
Form of growth: semi-erect, clumpy ou stoloniferous, depending on the way it’s cultivated.
Altura média:1,00 to 1,50 meters (100 to 150 centimeters).
Application: grazing and haymaking.
Digestibility: very good.
Palatability: very good.
Drought tolerance: medium.
Low temperature tolerance: medium.
Average protein content in dry material: 10 to 12%.
Average hay production: 12 to 20 tons of dry material per hectare each year, depending on the soil and fertilizing.