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Table 5 Ranking of eight selected WEPs according to informant preferences

From: Consumption of wild edible plants in the Kofale and Heban-Arsi districts, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Wild edible plants

Respondents (R1–R8)

Total score

Ranking

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

Syzygium guineense (Willd.) DC

3

4

3

4

5

2

4

3

28

1

Carissa Spinarum L

2

3

2

2

2

4

3

3

21

6

Ximenia americana L

3

3

4

3

1

3

2

4

23

4

Allophylus abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk

3

4

4

2

3

3

2

4

26

3

Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile

2

1

2

1

2

2

2

3

15

7

Ficus sycomorus L

3

3

3

5

4

3

3

3

27

2

Grewia ferruginea Hochst. ex A. Rich

3

4

2

2

3

3

2

3

22

5

Mimusops kummel Bruce ex A.DC.A. DC

2

1

2

3

2

1

1

2

14

8