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Table 3 Use value of important ethnomedicinal species of target area

From: Ethnomedicinal knowledge of a marginal hill community of Central Himalaya: diversity, usage pattern, and conservation concerns

Taxa

URa

FCb

CIc

NDAS

Ailments categories (decreasing order)

Ocimum basilicum L.

97

88

0.97

5

Respiratory, general health care, and others

Cannabis sativa L.

94

63

0.94

6

Gastrointestinal, others, and antidote

Citrus aurantifolia (Christm) Sw.

94

38

0.94

6

Others, gastrointestinal, general health care, and respiratory

Curcuma longa L.

91

78

0.91

5

General health care, dermatological, and respiratory

Setaria italica L.

91

91

0.91

2

Dermatological

Angelica glauca Edgew.

89

44

0.89

4

Others and gastrointestinal

Zingiber officinale Rosc.

89

89

0.89

2

Respiratory

Ajuga parviflora Benth.

87

56

0.87

5

General health care, gastrointestinal, and urinogenital disorder

Rephanus sativus L.

87

87

0.87

1

Hepatic health cure

Emblica officinalis Gaertn.

85

35

0.85

6

Gastrointestinal, others, circulatory, and respiratory

Glycine max (L.) Merri

84

84

0.84

1

Hepatic health cure

Plantago ovate Forsk.

83

74

0.83

3

Gastrointestinal

Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) King & H. Rob.

80

80

0.80

2

Dermatological

Leucas lanata Benth

80

80

0.80

1

Respiratory

Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle.

80

53

0.80

2

General health care and gastrointestinal

Artemisia martima L.

77

55

0.77

3

Dermatological

Zanthoxylum armatum DC

77

61

0.77

5

Others, general health care, respiratory, and gastrointestinal

Acorus calamus L.

74

55

0.74

3

Others and skeleton and muscles

Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Bent.

72

55

0.72

3

General health care, gastrointestinal, and urinogenital disorder

Origanum vulgare L.

71

31

0.71

5

Dermatological, respiratory, general health care, and others

Punica granatum L.

71

59

0.71

4

Respiratory, others, and hepatic health cure

  1. NDAS no. of different ailment subcategories
  2. aTotal no. of use-reports of the taxon
  3. bUse citation of taxa (the no. of informants that referred the taxon)
  4. cCI = UR/Nt, where Nt is the total no. of reported taxa