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Table 6 Preference ranking to medicinal plants used to treat rheumatism

From: Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Mulam people in Guangxi, China

List of medicinal plants

Informants

Total

Rank

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

Ardisia crenata

2

1

2

1

6

9

5

4

5

2

37

8

Ardisia gigantifolia

5

4

5

2

5

6

4

5

3

4

43

6

Bauhinia championi

9

5

6

9

4

8

10

9

9

5

74

3

Cibotium barometz

3

3

4

3

3

3

1

3

4

3

30

9

Clerodendrum japonicum

4

7

1

8

10

1

3

2

1

1

38

7

Kadsura coccinea

6

6

7

4

2

5

7

8

6

8

59

5

Maclura cochinchinensis

1

2

3

5

1

2

2

1

2

7

26

10

Millettia lasiopetala

7

8

10

6

7

4

6

6

7

9

70

4

Semiliquidambar cathayensis

10

9

9

10

9

10

9

7

10

10

93

1

Tetrastigma planicaule

8

10

8

7

8

7

8

10

8

6

80

2

  1. R represented respondents; scores in the table indicated ranks given to medicinal plants based on their scarcity. Highest number (10) is for the medicinal plants which informants thought most preferred in the area and the lowest number (1) for the least preferred medicinal plant