Table 6 Average score for direct matrix ranking of 7 medicinal plant species with different uses other than medicinal use.
From: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Mana Angetu District, southeastern Ethiopia
No | Use diversity | Acacia tortilis | Warburgia ugandensis | Euclea divinorum | Cordia africana | Croton macrostachyus | Olea europaea | Asparagus africanus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fire wood | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
2 | Charcoal | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
3 | Medicine | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4 | Building | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
5 | Forage | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Furniture | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Total | Â | 121 | 90 | 73 | 102 | 70 | 125 | 82 |
Rank | Â | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 |