Table 4 Preference ranking of most preferred medicinal plant species based on overall effectiveness to treat human ailments
Species name | Respondents (Traditional healers) | Score | Rank | ||||||||||||||
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| Â | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Â | Â |
Aloe pirottae | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 1 |
Balanites aegyptiaca | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 72 | 2 |
Tamarindus indica | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 3 |
Azadirachta indica | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 4 |
Acacia albida | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 5 |
Hydnora johannis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 6 |
Portulaca oleracea | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 7 |
Acacia robusta | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 8 |
Withania somnifera | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 9 |
Cucumis dipsaceus | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 10 |