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Table 4 Relevant species with high fidelity level used per disease category

From: Medicinal plants used to treat the most frequent diseases encountered in Ambalabe rural community, Eastern Madagascar

Disease

Relevant species

Distribution

Number of citations

FL

Bilharzia

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

Naturalized

2

100

Cough

Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.

Naturalized

3

100

 

Oxalis corniculata L.

Naturalized

3

100

Diarrhea

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

Not endemic

4

100

 

Canarium L.

Endemic

4

100

 

Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl.

Naturalized

4

100

 

Danais terminalis Boivin ex Drake

Endemic

3

100

 

Macaranga obovata Boivin ex Baill.

Endemic

3

100

 

Musa paradisiaca L.

Not endemic

3

100

 

Psidium cattleyanum Sabine

Naturalized

3

100

 

Maesa lanceolata Forssk.

Naturalized

2

100

 

Manihot esculenta Crantz

Not endemic

4

80

Malaria

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

Endemic

7

100

 

Aeschynomene sensitiva Sw.

Not endemic

5

83

Stomach-ache

Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H. Rob.

Not endemic

2

100

 

Paederia thouarsiana Baill.

Endemic

10

77