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Table 5 Similarity of taxa and medicinal use by culture

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

Cultural Interface

Shared taxa

Shared indications

Jaccard Index (%)

Rahman's SI (%)

Lango/Acholi

13

7

12.1

20.5

Lango/Teso

23

7

21.5

9.6

Lango/Ethur

7

3

6.5

8.6

Acholi/Ethur

4

1

3.7

6.3

Teso/Ethur

8

2

7.5

4.8

Acholi/Teso

14

1

13.1

3.9

  1. Bold formatting is used for derived statistics (JI and Rahman's SI)