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Table 6 Plant community types and medicinal plants found in them

From: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local people in the lowlands of Konta Special Woreda, southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state, Ethiopia

Plant Community Type

No of MPS

List of Medicinal Plant Species (MPS)

1 Cordia Africana -Maesa lanceolata community

21

Cordia africana, Phytolacca dodecandra, Erythrina brucei, Ficus sur, Grewia mollis, Dracaena steudneri, Croton macrostachyus, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Ricinus communis, Indigofera arrecta, Euphorbia schimperiana, Conyza bonariensis, Syzygium guineense, Sonchus oleraceus, Leonotis ocymifolia, Achyranthes aspera, Solanum incanum, Sonchus bipontini, Leucas deflexa, Sida rhombifolia, Commelina latifolia

2. Sapium ellipticum -Ficus sur community

18

Sapium ellipticum, Ficus sur, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Achyranthes aspera, Croton macrostachyus, Cuscuta campestris, Ficus thonningii, Phytolacca dodecandra, Cynoglossum coeruleum, Oldenlandia goreensis, Indigofera arrecta, Solanum incanum, Sonchus bipontini, Ricinus communis, Euphorbia schimperiana, Leucas deflexa, Sida schimperiana, Sida rhombifolia

3. Vitex doniana -Kyllinga bulbosa community

12

Kyllinga bulbosa, Gardenia ternifolia, Centella asiatica, Guizotia schimperi, Solanum incanum, Ocimum gratissimum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Triumfetta rhomboidea, Conyza bonariensis, Sonchus oleraceus, Sida rhombifolia, Cynoglossum coeruleum

4. Hyparrhenia cymbaria-Erythrina abyssinica community

34

Erythrina abyssinica, Cordia africana, Indigofera arrecta, Leonotis ocymifolia, Terminalia schimperiana, Sanicula elata, Ficus sur, Erythrina brucei, Clerodendrum umbellatum, Vernonia amygdalina, Clematis hirsuta, Conyza bonariensis, Guizotia schimperi, Leucas stachydiformis, Triumfetta rhomboidea, Sida rhombifolia, Solanum incanum, Syzygium guineense, Pentas lanceolata, Gardenia ternifolia, Centella asiatica, Cynoglossum coeruleum, Indigofera zenkeri, Justicia betonica, Ocimum gratissimum, Carissa spinarum, Lantana trifolia, Biophytum abyssinicum, Dalbergia lactea, Tephrosia elata, Setaria megaphylla, Justicia betonica, Leucas deflexa, Grewia mollis