Table 5.
Direct matrix ranking of six plant species by four participants based on six use criteria.
| Use categories | Medicinal plants | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warburgia ugandensis | Olea europaea subsp cuspidata | Acacia senegal | Prunus africana | Carissa spinarum | Croton macrostachyus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Participants (1-4) | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Charcoal | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Construction | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Fence | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Fire wood | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Furniture | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Medicinal | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Indi. Total | 23 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 23 |
| Grand total | 91 | 80 | 79 | 70 | 78 | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||