Table 7 Direct matrix ranking of seven multipurpose medicinal plants
Criterion | Multipurpose plant species | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Olea europaea L | Cordia africana Lam | Eucalyptus globulus Labill | Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Delile | Ziziphus spina-christi (Mill.) Georgi | Senna singueana (Delile) Lock | Melia azadirachta L | |
Medicine | 20 | 39 | 40 | 49 | 24 | 25 | 27 |
Firewood /charcoal | 55 | 23 | 39 | 24 | 40 | 33 | 10 |
Construction | 49 | 45 | 47 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 13 |
Food | 49 | 53 | 39 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 14 |
Furniture | 29 | 55 | 27 | 13 | 49 | 36 | 15 |
Total | 250 | 248 | 214 | 198 | 191 | 154 | 89 |
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |