Table 4 Preference ranking of the seven selected wild edible plants according to the views of respondents
Wild edible plants | Respondents (R1–R7) | Total score | Ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | |||
C. spinarum | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 5th |
D. praehensilis | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6th |
F. sycomorus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7th |
S. guineense subsp. guineense | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 2nd |
S. guineense subsp. macrocarpum | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 1st |
V. doniana | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 4th |
X. americana | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 3rd |