Research Article
Use of Ethnomedicinal Plants by the People Living around Indus River
Table 4
Average direct matrix ranking (DMR) score of fifteen key informants for ten medicinal plants species.
| | Use diversity | C. desidua | Z. jujuba | D. sissoo | T. aphylla | F. cretica | W. coagulans | M. alba | N. retichiana | Total | Rank |
| | Fuel | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 1 | | Medicinal | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 1 | | Fodder | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 2 | | Agricultural tools | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 3 | | Construction | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 3 | | Food | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 4 | | Total | 13 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 14 | | | | Rank | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | |
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Based on use criteria (5 = best; 4 = very good; 3 = good; 2 = less used; 1 = least used; 0 = no value).
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