Table 6 Average score of direct matrix ranking of ten UWEPs with different use values other than edibility in the study area
Use category | Species | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V. abyssinica | C. spinarium | C. africana | E. racemosa | F. sur | F. sycomorus | F. vasta | O. europaea | S. afromontanum | S. guineense | |
Medicinal | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Fuel wood | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Construction | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Farm and household tools | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Fodder | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Shade | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Live fence | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Bee forage | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Soil and water conservation | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Total score | 30 | 16 | 34 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 35 | 27 | 28 |
Rank | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 |