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Table 4 Medicinal plants with the highest number of disease use (NU), UV, RFC, and RI

From: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the indigenous community of the western region of Mizoram, India

Rank

Plant

NU

Plant

UV

Plant

RFC

Plant

RI

1

Oroxylum indicum

13

Oroxylum indicum

6.25

Oroxylum indicum

0.29

Blumea lanceolaria

1.12

2

Morinda citrifolia

12

Curcuma longa

4.31

Centella asiatica

0.28

Oroxylum indicum

0.89

3

Phyllanthes urinaria

11

Morinda citrifolia

3.84

Ageratum conyzoides

0.28

Curcuma longa

0.74

4

Cinnamomum cassia

10

Cinnamomum cassia

3.78

Spilanthes acmella

0.28

Cinnamomum cassia

0.69

5

Ageratum conyzoides

9

Blumea lanceolaria

3.26

Carica papaya

0.27

Centella asiatica

0.67

6

Alstonia scholaris

9

Ageratum conyzoides

3.26

Blumea lanceolaria

0.26

Carica papaya

0.66

7

Andrographis paniculata

9

Centella asiatica

2.89

Clerodendrum glandulosum

0.26

Morinda citrifolia

0.64

8

Curcuma longa

8

Mimosa pudica

2.89

Cinnamomum cassia

0.26

Mimosa pudica

0.63

9

Blumea lanceolaria

8

Lepionurus sylvestris

2.68

Curcuma longa

0.25

Spilanthes acmella

0.59

10

Centella asiatica

7

Clerodendrum glandulosum

2.62

Lepionurus sylvestris

0.25

Ageratum conyzoides

0.59