Table 9 Simple preference ranking of six medicinal plants used against wound in the study area
Medicinal plant species | Respondents (R1- R7) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | R 1 | R 2 | R 3 | R 4 | R 5 | R 6 | R 7 | Total | Rank |
Brucea antidysenterica | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 3rd |
Cordia africana | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 1st |
Dodonaea angustifolia | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4th |
Ficus carica | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6th |
Plantago lanceolata | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 5th |
Sida rhombifolia | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 2nd |