Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local people in Habru District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Table 6 Fidelity level value of ten medicinal plants commonly reported for use against a given ailment category

No	Medicinal plant species	Therapeutic category	Np	N	FL value (%)	Rank
1	Solanum somalense Franchet	Diarrhea	21	23	91.3	1
2	Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex. Benth	Febrile disease	24	27	88.9	2
3	Verbascum sinaiticum Benth	Wound	12	14	85.7	3
4	Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal	Toothache	9	11	81.8	4
5	Calpurnia aurea (Ait.) Benth	Diarrhea	12	16	75.0	5
6	Rumex nervosus Vahl	Wound	13	18	72.2	6
7	Linum usitatissimum L.	Stomachache	13	19	68.4	7
8	Zingiber officinale Roscoe	Common cold	15	22	68.2	8
9	Euclea racemosa L.	Wound	19	28	67.9	9
10	Olea europaea L. subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif	Dandruff	12	19	63.2	10

Where FL = Fidelity Level, Np = number of informants who independently cited the importance of a species for treating a particular disease; N = total number of informants who reported the plant for any given disease

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