Table 4.
Average direct matrix ranking result of fifteen multipurpose species
| Species | Use diversity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food | Fodder | Environmental uses | Medicine | Materials | Fuel | Social uses | Total | Rank | |
| Vernonia amygdalina Del | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 3 |
| Cordia africana Lam | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 1 |
| Cupressus lusitanica Mill | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 12 |
| Dracaena steudneri Engl | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 |
| Ficus surForssk | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 2 |
| Ficus vasta Forssk | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 4 |
| Acacia abyssinica Hochst. ex | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 |
| Albizia schimperiana Oliv | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 4 |
| Myrica salicifolia Hochst. ex A. Rich | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 7 |
| Syzygium guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. Guineense | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 |
| Olea europaea L. subsp.cuspidata (Wall. exG. Don) Cif | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 8 |
| Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkm | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 13 |
| Salix subserrata Willd | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 9 |
| Grewia ferruginea Hochst. exA. Rich | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 |
| Celtis africana Burm. f | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| Total | 31 | 53 | 53 | 39 | 54 | 54 | 40 | ||
| Rank | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||