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Table 8 Indigenous transfer of medicinal plants knowledge among different age groups of healers’ family members

From: Medicinal plants used in traditional medicine by Oromo people, Ghimbi District, Southwest Ethiopia

Age group

Age stages local name

Number of medicinal plants reported/informant

Mean

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

R11

R12

R13

R14

R15

9-16

Foollee

1

2

1

3

2

2

2

3

2

2

4

3

2

1

1

2 ± 34a**

17-24

Qondaala

3

5

4

5

6

5

4

4

3

 

5

4

3

2

4

4 ± 34a

25-32

Kuusaa

14

13

16

15

8

9

6

15

16

18

13

11

8

7

5

11.6 ± 43b

  1. *) Means with standard deviations within the same column followed by different letters (a-b) are significantly different (P < 0.05).
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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