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Table 4 Average DMR score of fifteen key informants for ten medicinal plants species with additional uses besides medicinal value

From: Ethnomedicinal study of plants used for human ailments in Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Use diversity

B.abyssinica

C.africana

C.macrostachyus

D. torrida

E.capensis

E.globulus

J.procera

Olea europaeasubsp. cuspidata

P.falcatus

P.africana

Total

Rank

Agricultural tool

3

1

2

4

4

2

1

3

5

3

28

5

Construction

2

4

2

4

4

5

5

5

5

5

41

1

Lumbering

2

2

2

4

5

1

4

4

5

5

34

3

Firewood

4

3

4

5

4

5

4

5

3

3

40

2

Charcoal

2

3

1

3

3

0

3

3

4

1

23

6

Medicine

4

2

5

2

3

5

3

4

3

2

33

4

Total

17

15

16

22

23

18

20

24

25

19

 

Rank

8

10

9

4

3

7

5

2

1

6

 
  1. Based on use criteria (5 = best; 4 = very good; 3 = good;2 = less used; 1 = least used and 0 = no value).