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Table 5 Preference ranking values of eight medicinal plants used to stop bleeding

From: Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia

Medicinal plants

Respondents (R1–R7)

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

Total

Rank

Achyranthes aspera

4

3

4

4

5

5

4

29

2nd

Aloe steudneri

5

3

2

2

3

1

2

18

6th

Datura stramonium

3

1

3

2

2

1

2

14

7th

Ficus palmata

1

1

2

2

2

0

2

10

8th

Malva verticillata

4

3

5

4

3

4

3

26

3rd

Plantago lanceolata

2

3

4

3

3

3

5

23

4th

Rumex nepalensis

5

4

5

4

5

4

4

31

1st

Rumex nervosus

3

4

2

3

2

2

3

19

5th