Research Article

Use and Conservation of Medicinal Plants by Indigenous People of Gozamin Wereda, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia: An Ethnobotanical Approach

Table 6

Direct matrix ranking for the multipurpose of six medicinal plants [average score of 7 key informants (5 to the most used plant for that particular purpose and 0 to the least used one)].

Medicinal plantsUse categoriesTotalRank
MedicineFirewoodFurnitureForageSoil con.Edible

Cordia africana24202451010931st
Carissa spinarum27175101216872nd
Prunus africanus202120588823rd
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidate202214595754th
Vernonia amygdalina302015080735th
Croton macrostachyus291918060726th