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Table 3 Fidelity Level (FL) of interesting medicinal plants of the study area

From: Ethnobotany of the Monpa ethnic group at Arunachal Pradesh, India

Plants

Illness categories

Fidelity level (FL) (%)

Published related ethno-pharmacological references

Artemisia nilagirica

Wound healing, scabies

100

Antifungal activity [22]

Azadirachta indica

Stomach disorder, diarrhea

100

Antibacterial and antidiarrhoeal activity[23]

Allium sativum

Bone fracture

100

Anti-inflammatory activity [24]

Cannabis sativa

Diarrhea in cattle

100

 

Clerodendrum colebrookianum

High blood pressure

100

Remedy for treatment of hypertension [25–27]

Gymnocladus assamicus

Soap, ethnoveterinary

100

Soap/detergent substitute [28, 29]

Lindera neesiana

Intestinal worms

100

Essential oil [30]

Ocimum sanctum

Stomach disorder, wounds

100

Wound healing activity; Gastro-protective; Flavanoids [31]

Psidium guajava

Diarrhea

100

Antidiarrhoeal, Antibacterial activity [32–34]

Saccharum officinarum

Jaundice

100

 

Momordica charantia

Intestinal worms, diabetes

80

Anti-diabetic activity, triterpenoids [35, 36]

Solanum xanthocarpum

Dental problem

80

 

Rhododendron arboreum

Diarrhea, throat clearance

78

Quercetin, rutin, coumaric acid [37]

Plantago major

Wounds, inflammations, ethnoveterinary

68.85

 

Zingiber officinale

Cough and throat clearance

67

 

Ageratum conyzoides

Wound healer

60

 

Solanum etiopicum

Intestinal worms

56

 

Solanum indicum

Intestinal worms

48

 

Eupatorium adenophorum

Freshly cuts and wounds

30

 

Houttuynia cordata

Stomach ache, diarrhea

30

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