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Table 6 Commonality of use application by malady and cultural interface

From: Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads

Indication

All

Taxon

Cultural Interface

Common

URs

Taxa

URs

Measles

40

27

Vachellia hockii

Teso and Thur

3

Tamarindus indica

Acholi and Thur

2

Diarrhea

33

21

Combretum collinum

Lango and Acholi

3

Ozoroa insignis

Lango and Thur

2

Pseudocedrela kotschyi

Lango and Acholi

3

Rhynchosia sp.

Lango and Teso

2

Solanum incanum

Teso and Thur

3

Cough

28

21

Harrisonia abyssinica

Lango and Acholi

2

Chamaecrista nigricans

Lango and Teso

2

Stomach

14

12

Harrisonia abyssinica

Lango and Teso

2

Wound

17

11

Chamaecrista nigricans

Lango and Acholi

4

Conyza floribunda

Lango and Teso

2

Eye

14

9

Solanum incanum

Teso and Thur

4

Asparagus flagellaris

Lango and Thur

2

Headache

6

5

Securidaca longipedunculata

Lango and Thur

2

Scabies

3

1

Psorospermum febrifugum

Lango, Acholi and Teso

3

Hygiene

3

1

Ocimum forsskaolii

Lango and Teso

3

Epilepsy

2

1

Hoslundia opposita

Lango and Acholi

2