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Table 7 Fidelity level values of medicinal plants cited by 12 or moe infomants for being used against a given major ailment category

From: Medicinal plants used in traditional medicine by Oromo people, Ghimbi District, Southwest Ethiopia

Medicinal plant

Major ailments category

Ip

Iu

FL

FL%

Lepidium sativum

Infectious (malaria, Influenza)

12

12

1

100

Euphorbia abbyssinica

Sexual diseases (Gonorrhea, Syphills)

14

15

.93

93

Croton macrostachyus

Abdominal (Ameboic dysenty, Ascaisis, Tape worm)

13

16

.81.

81

Plumbago zeylanica

Metabolic (Breast cancer, blood pressure)

12

12

.1

100