Table 5 Direct matrix ranking of 7 multipurpose wild edible plants based on 10 use criteria (7, most likely used; 1, least likely used; 0, not used)
Use categories | Wild edible plants | Total score | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cordia africana | Ficus sur | Ficus sycomorus | Grewia mollis | Oxytenanthera abyssinica | Phoenix reclinata | S. guineense subsp. guineense | |||
Bee forage | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 8th |
Charcoal | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 9th |
Construction | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 3rd |
Fence | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10th |
Fodder | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 5th |
Food | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 1st |
Fuel wood | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 4th |
Household utensil | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 2nd |
Medicinal | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 6th |
Shade | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 7th |
Total score | 58 | 42 | 46 | 41 | 47 | 39 | 48 | Â | Â |
Rank | 1st | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 2nd | Â | Â |