Ethnobotanical Study on Medicinal Plants Used by the Local Communities of Ameya District, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 5

Direct matrix ranking of seven multipurpose species.

Medicinal plant species	Use categories						Total	Rank
	Medicine	Furniture	Charcoal	Firewood	Construction	Fencing
Eucalyptus globulus	12	6	6	23	21	24	92	1^st
Juniperus procera	3	24	1	6	20	6	60	6^th
Senegalia senegal	3	17	22	15	10	4	71	4^th
Ficus sycomorus	2	14	16	12	17	6	67	5^th
Afrocarpus falcatus	3	18	13	12	4	5	55	7^th
Hagenia abyssinica	22	23	1	6	24	12	88	3^rd
Cordia africana	13	20	12	14	20	13	91	2^nd
Total	58	122	71	88	116	70