Table 5 Preference ranking of 5 selected medicinal plants on their degree of treating malaria as perceived by 12 local healers
From: Medicinal plants used in traditional medicine by Oromo people, Ghimbi District, Southwest Ethiopia
Respondents | Lepidium sativum | Croton macrostaychs | Allium sativum | Carica papaya | Vernonia amygdalina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*R1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
R2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
R3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
R4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
R5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
R6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
R7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
R8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
R9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
R10 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
R11 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
R12 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Total | 46 | 77 | 68 | 62 | 51 |
Rank | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |