Table 13 Suppliers’, manufacturers’, retailers’ and consumers’ preferences for specific wood species for wooden spoon
Wood species | Respondents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local name | Scientific name | Manufacturers (n=22)(%) | Suppliers (n=22)(%) | Consumers* (n=106)(%) | Retailers (n=25)(%) |
Albizia | Albizia adianthifolia | 4.5 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 |
Apru | Nesogordonia papaverifera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bamboo | Oxytenanthera abyssinica | 4.5 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 |
Besedua | Cola acuminate | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 |
Danta | Cistanthera papaverifera | 22.9 | 37.2 | 0 | 12 |
Funtum | Funtumia elastica | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 |
Guarea | Guarea reichard | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kyere | Pterygota macrocarpa | 9.1 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 |
Mahogany | Khaya senegalensis | 9.1 | 22.3 | 0 | 12 |
Nyamedua | Alstonia boonei | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 |
Odum | Chlorophora excelsa | 9.1 | 0 | 5.6 | 32 |
Papao | Afzelia africana | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Redwood | Sequoia sempervirens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Sese | Funtumia africana | 4.5 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 |
Teak | Tectona grandis | 4.5 | 9.1 | 0 | 12 |
Wawa | Triplochiton scleroxylon | 4.5 | 9.1 | 43.2 | 0 |
Total | Â | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |