Ethnobotanical study of underutilized wild edible plants and threats to their long-term existence in Midakegn District, West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia

Table 4 Marketability of the underutilized edible parts in the study area

Species	MP	MU	PR	SG	WC	NR
F. indica	Fruit	Cup/glass	2–5 ETB	Y	Poor	31
L. adoenesis var.adoenesis	Leaf and stem	Can/jug	10–20 ETB	Y and W	Both	23
L. adoenesis var. koseret	Seedling, Leaf and stem	Number, handful	5 ETB	Y and W	Poor	13
M. kummel	Fruit	Cup/grass	2–5 ETB	Y	Poor	29
R. steudneri	Fruit	Fruit inflorescence	2–5 ETB	Y	Poor	24
S. guinense subsp. guinense	Fruit	Cup/glass	2–5 ETB	Y and W	Poor	39
S. afromontanum	Fruit	Cup/glass	3–5 ETB	Y and W	Poor	55
T. schimperi	Leaf	Can/jug	5–10 ETB	W	Both	17
X. americana	Fruit	Cup/glass	5 ETB	Y and W	Poor	25

MP, marketable part; MU, measuring unit; PR, price in Ethiopian birr (ETB), 1ETB \(\approx\) 0.0184 USD; SG, seller group, WC, wealth class; NR, number of respondents; Y, young; W, women

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