Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used against Human Diseases in Zuway Dugda District, Ethiopia

Table 7

Direct matrix ranking for multipurpose uses of medicinal plants.

Use categories	Name of species
	V. oerfota	E. globulus	C. papaya	C. macrostachyus	C. spinarum	V. etbaica	V. nilotica.	V. abyssinica	O.europaea subsp.cuspidata	C. africana
Medicine	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	5	5
Edible fruits	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Charcoal	4	4	0	4	2	5	4	5	5	4
Construction	2	4	0	4	3	4	5	5	5	5
Fences	4	3	1	4	4	5	4	5	4	4
Fire wood	4	4	2	4	3	4	5	4	5	5
Total	18	19	12	21	17	22	22	23	24	26
Rank	8^th	7^th	10^th	6^th	9^th	4^th	4^th	3^rd	2^nd	1^st