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Table 5 Fidelity levels of most cited medicinal plants

From: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants and their threats in Yeki district, Southwestern Ethiopia

Scientific name

Human diseases

IP

IU

FL

%

R

Aloe kefaensisGilbert & Sebsebe

Ringworm

13

13

1

100

1st

Zingiber officinale Rosc

Intestinal problem

15

16

0.93

93

2nd

Justicia schimperiana (Hochst.ex A. Nees) T.Anders

Rabies

12

14

0.85

85

3rd

Acmella caulirhiza Del

Tonsilitis

4

5

0.79

79

4th

Pycnostachys abyssinica Fresen

Stomach bleeding

8

12

0.66

66

5th

Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Bak

Toothache

8

13

0.62

62

6th

Solanum incanum L

Nasal bleeding

21

37

0.6

60

7th

Momordica foetida Schumach

Wound

12

21

0.57

57

8th

Ocimum urticifolium Roth

Headache

21

40

0.56

56

9th

Stephania abyssinica Dillon and A.Rich

Jaundice

29

54

0.53

53

10th

  1. R, Rank; FL, Fidelity Level; Ip, number of informants who independently cited the importance of a species for treating a particular disease; Iu, total number of informants who reported the plant for any given disease
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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