Table 12 Suppliers’, manufacturers’, retailers’ and consumers’ preferences for specific wood species for banku ladles
Wood species | Respondents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Local name | Scientific name | Suppliers (n=22)(%) | Consumers* (n=106)(%) | Retailers (n=25)(%) |
Nyamedua | Alstoniaboonei | 0 | 11.2 | 20 |
Besedua | Cola acuminate | 0 | 5.6 | 0 |
Odum | Chlorophora excels | 0 | 5.6 | 10 |
Wawa | Triplochiton scleroxylon | 50 | 43.2 | 50 |
Kyere | Pterygota macrocarpa | 0 | 11.2 | 0 |
Sese | Funtumia africana | 0 | 8.8 | 0 |
Bamboo | Oxytenanthera abyssinica | 18.2 | 8.8 | 0 |
Funtum | Funtumia elastica | 0 | 5.6 | 0 |
Danta | Cistanthera papaverifera | 22.7 | 0 | 20 |
Anwimfoosamina | Albizia ferruginea | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | Â | 100 | 100 | 100 |