Table 8 Results of preference ranking of six medicinal plants reported for treatment of febrile illness
From: Local people’s interaction with Wejig-Mahgo-Waren Massif Forest in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia
Medicinal plants | Informants labeled A to O | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | Total score | Rank | |
Withania somnifera | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 2nd |
Zehneria scabra | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 4th | |
Becium grandiflorum | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 5th |
Carissa spinarum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6th |
Eucalyptus globulus | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 87 | 1st |
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 3rd |