Medicinal plants used by traditional healers to treat malignancies and other human ailments in Dalle District, Sidama Zone, Ethiopia

Table 6 MPs used to deworm in helminthiases in Megera and adjacent kebeles

Family	Scientific name	Vernacular name (Sidamu-afoo)	Distribution in the flora region	Altitude (meter)	Reference—flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea
Acanthaceae	Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) R. Br.	Ciikkicho	AF, EW, TU, GD, GJ, WU, SU, AR, WG, IL, KF, GG, SD, BA, HA,	400-2900	Vol. 5 [78]
Asteraceae	Vernonia amygdalina Del.	Hechcho	TU, ?WU, GD, GJ, SU, WG, IL, KF, GG, SD, BA, HA	650-3000	Vol. 4; part II [82]
Lamiaceae	Plectranthus garckeanus (Vatke) J.K. Morton	Toontoona	GD, GJ, SU, AR, KF, SD, BA	1750-2700	Vol. 5 [78]
Phytolaccaceae	Phytolacca dodecandra L’Herit.	Haraanjicha	TU, BA, GG, GD, WU, GJ, WG, SU, IL, KF, AR, SD, HA	1500-3000	Vol. 2; part I [77]
Polygonaceae	Rumex nervosus Vahl	Taare	TU, GD, GJ, WU, SU, AR, GG, SD, HA	400-3300	Vol. 2; part I [77]
Rosaceae	Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmel (hagenia)	So”ichote dhagga (qaanqo)	TU, GD, WU, GJ, WG, SU, AR, BA, HA, KF, SD	2450-3250	Vol. 3 [51]

Abbreviations: TU Tigray region above 1000 m contour, AF Afar region below 1000 m contour to Eritrean border in the east and Harerge border in the south, WU Welo region above 1000 m contour, GD Gondar region, WG Welega region, KF Kefa region, AR Arsi region, BA Bale region, GJ Gojam region, IL Ilubabor region, GG Gamo Gofa region, SD Sidamo region, HA Harerge region

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