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Table 5 FL values of 20 most frequently used ethnoveterinary medicinal plant species of Soro District

From: Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by the people of Soro District, Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia

No

Livestock ailment

Ethnoveterinary medicinal plant

Ip

Iu

FL values (%)

1

Rabies

Datura stramonium

9

9

100

2

PPR (Pestedes petits ruminants)

Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia

17

17

100

3

Evil eye (sprit)

Asparagus africanus

25

25

100

4

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

Croton macrostachyus

49

50

98

5

Aspiration pneumonia

Albizia schimperiana

56

58

96.55

6

Diarrhoea

Brugmansia suaveolens

70

76

92.10

7

Retained placenta

Cyphostemma pannosum

19

21

90

8

Blackleg

Cyathula uncinulata

9

10

90

9

Anthrax

Bersama abyssinica

60

67

89.55

10

Acidiosis (bloat)

Scepocarpus hypselodendron

40

45

88.89

11

Livestock ascariasis

Coleus abyssinicus

20

23

86.96

12

Bat urine ailment /jaundice

Momordica foetida

39

48

81.25

13

Toxicity curing

Clutia abyssinica

26

32

81.25

14

Livestock mites, fleas and lice

Calpurnia aurea

14

18

77.78

15

Parasitic leech, snake bite, insects

Nicotiana tabacum

28

40

70

16

Trauma (broken bones); placental

Ensete ventricosum (red)

15

22

68.12

17

Snake bite (injection of venom)

Sida rhombifolia

8

13

61.54

18

Dingetegna

Euclea divinorum

16

30

53.33

19

Asthma/stenosis, livestock tumour

Euphorbia abyssinica

15

29

51.72

20

Livestock hepatitis /jaundice

Clematis hirsuta

6

12

50