Table 6 average direct matrix ranking (DMR) of 15 key informants for 10 plant species
Ethnobotanical uses | A. sativum | C. tuberculata | A. nilotica | A. lebbek | F. vulgare | O. basillicum | M. arvensis | A. modesta | T. aphylla | Z. jujuba | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medicinal uses | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1st |
Ethno- veterinary uses | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2nd |
Food plants | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2nd |
Fuel plants | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3rd |
Timber/ construction plants | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3rd |
Vegetables | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09 | 4th |
Furniture | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 08 | 5th |
Fodder plants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 07 | 6th |
Agricultural tools | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 05 | 7th |
Honey Bee Plants | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 05 | 7th |
Ornamental plants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05 | 7th |
Spices | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05 | 7th |
Fence plants | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02 | 8th |
Fruit plants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 02 | 8th |
Oily plant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02 | 8th |