The chemical compositions of pawpaw (Carica papaya), african almond (Terminalia catappa) and mango (Mangifera indica) leaves were determined to assess their potential economic values. Samples of young and matured leaves were harvested randomly from the fruit trees and examined in triplicates by proximate analysis and by spectrophotometry. The highest dry matter (DM) content (94.82%) was found in matured mango leaf (MML), while least (92.53%) was recorded in young papaya leaf (YPL).
ODAFE-SHALOME G.I.O.
The leaves of Loranthus micranthus (Linn) on oil palm tree was harvested with the part of the stem of the host, and the leaves of the oil palm. The leaves of the mistletoe dendropthoe falcate spp. was also harvested on neem tree all in Benin-City (NIFOR) Nigeria for its chemical composition analysis. Oil palm bark indicate moisture content of 3.36% crude protein 0.79%, etther Extract 15.00%, crude fiber 60.00%, Ash content 19.99%, NFE, 4.22%.