Table 5 Mean value of Direct Matrix Ranking for multipurpose plant species in Addi Arkay district
Plant species | Use categories | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agriculture tools | Building | Medicinal | Fodder | Food | Furniture | Fuel | |||
Cordia africana Lam | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 1 |
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 2 |
Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Willd | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 |
Grewia ferruginea Hochst. ex A.Rich | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 4 |
Terminalia leiocarpa (DC.) Baill | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 3 |
Ziziphus mucronata Willd | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Delile | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
Ficus sycomorus L | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 5 |
Total | 19 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 26 | ||
Rank | 6th | 2nd | 5 th | 5 th | 4 th | 1 st | 3rd | ||