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Table 4 Average direct matrix ranking result of fifteen multipurpose species

From: Composition of homegarden plants and cultural use in an indigenous community in Northwest Ethiopia

Species

Use diversity

Food

Fodder

Environmental uses

Medicine

Materials

Fuel

Social uses

Total

Rank

Vernonia amygdalina Del

0

5

5

5

2

4

5

26

3

Cordia africana Lam

4

4

4

4

5

5

4

30

1

Cupressus lusitanica Mill

3

3

4

0

5

4

0

19

12

Dracaena steudneri Engl

0

4

3

5

0

0

5

17

14

Ficus surForssk

5

4

5

4

3

4

3

28

2

Ficus vasta Forssk

4

4

5

0

4

4

4

25

4

Acacia abyssinica Hochst. ex

3

4

4

4

4

4

0

23

6

Albizia schimperiana Oliv

0

4

3

4

5

4

4

24

4

Myrica salicifolia Hochst. ex A. Rich

0

5

5

4

4

4

0

22

7

Syzygium guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. Guineense

5

4

3

0

4

4

0

20

9

Olea europaea L. subsp.cuspidata (Wall. exG. Don) Cif

0

0

3

5

5

3

5

21

8

Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkm

0

0

3

0

5

5

5

18

13

Salix subserrata Willd

0

4

3

0

4

4

5

20

9

Grewia ferruginea Hochst. exA. Rich

4

5

3

4

0

4

0

20

9

Celtis africana Burm. f

0

4

2

0

4

4

0

14

15

Total

31

53

53

39

54

54

40

  

Rank

7

3

3

5

1

1

5

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