WAEC Animal Husbandry 2016 Question 4

Question 4

Pasture and Forage

Which of the following plants is a pasture legume?

  1. A.Panicum maximum
  2. B.Andropogon gayanus
  3. C.Pueraria phaseoloides
  4. D.Axonopus compressus
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Answer: C (Pueraria phaseoloides)

Explanation

Pueraria phaseoloides (tropical kudzu) is a legume; the other three are grasses.