Table 12 Direct matrix ranking of eight WEPs in seven use categories
From: Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Metema and Quara districts, Northwestern Ethiopia
Wild edible plants | Use category | Total score | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Co | Fu | LF | Md | Fd | FW | FT | |||
Ziziphus spina-christi | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 27.3 | 1st |
Tamarindus indica | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 20.0 | 7th |
Ficus sycomorus | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 21.9 | 5th |
Balanites aegyptiaca | 1.8 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 22.4 | 3rd |
Diospyros mespiliformis | 3.5 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 22.2 | 4th |
Ximenia americana | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 20.1 | 6th |
Cordia africana | 3.6 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 26.4 | 2nd |
Carissa spinarum | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 14.8 | 8th |
Total scire | 18.8 | 23.6 | 26.3 | 24.7 | 37.2 | 26.9 | 17.6 | ||
Rank | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 7th | ||