Study on the Diversity and Use of Wild Edible Plants in Bullen District Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Average score for direct matrix ranking of the 11 wild edible plant species on eight use criteria (use given from 0 to 4, 0 = not used, 1 = least used, 2 = good, 3 = very good, 4 = excellent).

	Edible plant species and ranking											Total	Rank
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Edibility	2	0	2	1	2	1	3	1	1	3	1	17	6th
Medicine	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	8th
Construction/building	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	0	29	1th
Furniture	4	0	3	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	0	22	3rd
Agricultural tools	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	2	3	1	12	7th
Fuel wood collection	2	2	3	1	2	4	2	1	2	3	2	24	2nd
Fodder	2	1	1	4	3	3	1	2	0	4	0	21	4th
Fencing	0	0	4	0	4	3	3	3	0	3	0	20	5th
Total score	11	10	20	12	21	22	16	13	8	18	4
Rank	8	9	2	7	3	1	5	6	10	4	11

1 = Annona senegalensis, 2 = Carissa spinarum, 3 = Cordia africana, 4 =  Piliostigma thonningii, 5 = Ficus sur, 6 = Syzygium guineense, 7 = Vitex doniana, 8 = Ximenia americana, 9 = Ziziphus abyssinica, 10 = Balanites aegyptiaca, and 11 = Ziziphus spina-christi.