Research Article
Ethnobotanical Study on Wild Edible Plants in Metema District, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia
Table 4
Preference ranking for seven selected wild edible trees and shrubs based on taste (7 = most preferred and 1 = least preferred species).
| | Plant species | Key informants (1–10) | Sum | Rank | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Diospyros abyssinica | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 1st | | Adansonia digitata | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 2nd | | Cordia africana | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 3rd | | Ximenia americana | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 4th | | Balanites aegyptiaca | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 5th | | Tamarindus indica | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6th | | Ziziphus spina-christi | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7th |
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