Research Article
Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human Diseases in Berbere District, Bale Zone of Oromia Regional State, South East Ethiopia
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 |
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