Comparison of Nutritional Content Elephant Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) on Different Plains Through Proximate Test

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the nutritional content of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) that grows in the highlands and lowlands. This study used a descriptive method with a comparison of different plains quantitatively and qualitatively. The results showed that the highest water content (10.12%) in the lowlands compared to the highlands only (10.00%), the highest ash content (8.55%) in the highlands, while in the lowlands the ash content was only (6.74%), the highest fat content was in the highlands of (4.65%) while in the lowlands (2.77%), the highest protein content in the highlands of (8.62%) while in the lowlands (7.27%), and the carbohydrate content of elephant grass in the highlands was (20.57%) and in the lowlands was (20.54%). Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that the nutritional content of elephant grass that grows in the highlands and lowlands does not have a significant difference in nutritional value as seen in the protein content in the highlands of 8.62% and in the lowlands of 7.27%. This is influenced by the nutrients absorbed by elephant grass plants. Therefore, further research is needed by taking soil samples from two different plains.