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Table 10 Relative healing potential levels of 14 cited medicinal plants used against human and livestock ailments

From: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Hawassa Zuria District, Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia

No.

Frequently used species

Particular disease

IP

IU

FL (%)

1

Eucalyptus globulus

Stomachache

30

30

100

2

Rhamnus prinoides

Skin disease

9

14

64

3

Croton macrostachyus

Bone fracture

29

93

31.18

4

Aloe adigratana

Coughing

28

44

63.64

5

Catha edulis

Kintarot

17

23

74

6

Moringa stenopetala

Hypertension

89

109

81.69

7

Cucurbita pepo

Weight gain

2

4

50

8

Cucumis dipsaceus

Cancer

68

108

62.96

9

Ensete ventricosum

Placenta delay

48

55

87.27

10

Peponium vogelii

Malaria

28

73

38.36

11

Vernonia schimperi

Mitch

25

62

40.32

12

Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia

Ticks

14

48

29.17

13

Acacia etbaica

Wounds

10

16

62.5

14

Ricinus communis

Cancer

3

6

50

15

Rotheca myricoides

Headache

43

95

45.26

16

Nicotiana tabacum

Toothache

49

88

55.68