Nutrient utilization of C. ciliaris alone or in combination with L, purpureas, A. scaraboides, L. leucocephala and S.aegyptica at 20, 30 ana 40%. levels to provide 20, 25 and 30 g N/kg digestible organic matter (DOM) was studied in vitro. Nutrients digestibility were lower (P<0.05) in control than in legume supplemented treatments. The DM and OM digestibilities were increased upto 30% levels, whereas the NDF digestibility was increased only at 40% level of legume supplementation Irrespective of the source of N supplement. This emphasises that a level of 30% or 25 g N/Kg DOM ssems to oe necessary in the diets and S. aegytica (Sesbania) was better source of protein supplements than others, in the diet of ruminants
