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Table 6 Average direct matrix ranking scores of eight key informants for seven species

From: Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia

Medicinal plant

Use categories

Med

FD

Con

forg

Agr tool

Total

Rank

Brucea antidysenterica

3

1

2

0

1

7

7th

Carissa spinarum

3

2

1

1

2

9

5th

Dodonaea angustifolia

3

1

2

1

1

8

6th

Hagenia abyssinica

5

4

0

0

4

13

2nd

Lobelia rhynchopetalum

4

3

1

3

0

11

3rd

Olea europaeasubsp. cuspidata

3

4

3

1

3

14

1st

Rumex nepalensis

5

1

0

4

0

10

4th

Total

Rank

26

1st

16

2nd

9

5th

10

4th

11

3rd

  
  1. Key: Med = medicinal, FD = firewood, Con = construction, Forg = forage, Agr tool = agricultural tool