Table 7 Direct matrix ranking of eight multipurpose medicinal plants (Average score of 8 key informants)
Plant species | Use categories | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medicine | Fire wood | Charcoal | Construction | Food | Fence | Forage | |||
Acacia abyssinica | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4th |
Cordia africana | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1st |
Croton macrostachyus | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3rd |
Eucalyptus globulus | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2nd |
Justicia schimperiana | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 6th |
Prunus africana | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5th |
Rhamnus prinoides | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7th |
Ricinus communis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8th |