Table 6 Ranking values of ten most preferred medicinal plant species widely used to treat the dermatological ailment known as Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)
Ethnoveterinary plant species used to treat Lumpy Skin Disease | Randomly taken key informants A-J | Total score | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | |||
Croton macrostachyus | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 86 | 1st |
Ximenia americana | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 75 | 2nd |
Allium sativum | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 74 | 3rd |
Juniperus procera | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 4th |
Nicotiana tabacum | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 5th |
Euclea divinorum | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 6th |
Momordica foetida | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 7th |
Solanum incanum | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 8th |
Ocimum spicatum | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 9th |
Zingiber officinale | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10th |