Table 15 Preference ranking of medicinal plants used for the treatment of febrile illness
Scientific name of medicinal plant | Informants (1–10) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
Cordia africana | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 1st |
Laggera tomentosa | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 4th |
Medicago polymorpha | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 3rd |
Schinus molle | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5th |
Vernonia amygdalina | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 2nd |