Table 3 Results of preference ranking exercise conducted on seven most cited wild edible plants in Raya-Azebo District
Plant name | Informants | Total score | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | |||
Opuntia ficus-indica | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 1st |
Ziziphus spina-christi | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 2nd |
Balanites aegyptiaca | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 3rd |
Carissa spinarum | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 4th |
Ximenia americana | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 5th |
Grewia sp. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6th |
Cynanchum abyssinicum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7th |