Table 2.
Average direct matrix ranking (DMR) score of fifteen key informants for ten medicinal plants species
| Use diversity | D. sisso | A. modesta | A. nilotica | C. desidua | M. boxifolia | Z. nummularia | M. nigra | M. azidarach | W. coagulans | R. stricta | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction |
5 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
25 |
2 |
| Agriculture |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
5 |
| Firewood |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
26 |
1 |
| Fodder |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
24 |
3 |
| Medicinal |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
23 |
4 |
| Total |
15 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
|
|
| Rank |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
| Market price in US$/Kg | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.53 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 |