Table 14.
Direct matrix ranking of medicinal plants by informants (I1--I3) based on usage category values
| Plant species | Food | Cultural value | Farming utensils | House construction | Firewood | Fodder | Material cleaning | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I1 | I2 | I3 | I1 | I2 | I3 | I1 | I2 | I3 | I1 | I2 | I3 | I1 | I2 | I3 | I1 | I2 | I3 | I1 | I2 | I3 | |||
| Tragia brevipes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 7th |
| Nicotiana tabacum | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 8th |
| Dodonaea viscose subsp. angustifolia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 3rd |
| Albizia gummifera | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 5th |
| Ensete ventricosum | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 1st |
| Ehretia cymosa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 6th |
| Acacia etbaica | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 4th |
| Olea welwitschii | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 72 | 2nd |
| Total | 73 | 80 | 69 | 93 | 82 | 62 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||