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Table 6 Simple Preference ranking exercise on seven marketable homegarden plants in Sebeta-Awas District with the highest frequencies and relative frequencies of occurrence

From: Ethnobotanical study of homegarden plants in Sebeta-Awas District of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia to assess use, species diversity and management practices

Botanical name

Respondents (R)

 

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

R11

R12

R13

R14

Total score

Rank

Artemisia absinthium

3

2

1

1

1

2

2

1

2

1

1

1

2

2

22

7

Catha edulis

7

6

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

4

6

7

6

7

92

1

Cymbopogon citratus

2

1

3

2

2

1

1

2

3

3

2

2

1

1

26

6

Myrtus communis

1

3

2

3

3

3

3

3

1

2

3

4

3

3

37

5

Rhamnus prinoides

5

4

5

5

5

5

6

5

4

7

5

6

5

5

72

3

Ruta chalepensis

4

5

4

4

4

4

5

4

5

5

4

4

4

4

60

4

Rosmarinus officinalis

6

7

6

6

6

6

5

6

6

6

7

5

7

6

85

2

  1. Value 7 was assigned to the most valuable plant while 1 to the least valuable plant