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Table 6 Result of paired comparison of eight wild edible plant species used by the people in the study district

From: Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in Soro District of Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia

WEP species

Mixed 4 key and 4 general informants R1-R8

Frequency

Rank

As

Vv

Da

Ea

Ed

Rv

Rn

Hd

Acokanthera schimperi (As)

–

Vv

As

As

As

As

As

Hd

5×

3rd

Vangueria volkensii (Vv)

 

–

Vv

Ea

Vv

Ea

Vv

Hd

4×

4th

Dovyalis abyssinica (Da)

  

–

Ea

Ed

Da

Da

Hd

2×

6th

Erucastrum arabicum (Ea)

   

–

Ea

Ea

Ea

Hd

6×

2nd

Euclea divinorum (Ed)

    

–

Ed

Ed

Hd

3×

5th

Rhus vulgaris (Rv)

     

–

Rv

Hd

1×

7th

Rytigynia neglecta (Rn)

      

–

Hd

0×

8th

Habenaria decumbens (Hd)

       

–

7×

1st

  1. The result of the pairwise ranking comparison (PWRC) edibility ranks 1–4 were the most indication of edible species concerning other compared species. The ranks 7 and 8 were relatively preferable important edibles even if they scored fewer ranks