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Table 3 Fidelity level of medicinal plants against a given human aliment

From: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Sheka Zone of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia

SN

Scientific names

Therapeutic category

aIp

aIu

%FL

Fidelity level of most cited medicinal plants against a given human aliment (N = 204)

1

Solanecio mannii (Hook.f.) C.Jeffrey

Jaundice/T'INBATO/

15

18

83.33

2

Hagenia abyssinica (Brace) J.F.Gmel.

Tapeworm

17

28

60.71

3

Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.

Jaundice/T'INBATO/

16

27

59.26

4

Cucurbita pepo L.

Ascariasis

15

31

48.39

5

Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter

Used as antidote

18

38

47.37

6

Nigella sativa L.

Asthma

19

43

44.19

7

Leucas jamesii Bak.

Canker sore

15

34

44.12

8

Cynoglossum amplifolium Hochst. ex A.DC. inDC.

Allergy/MICHATO/

25

67

37.31

9

Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk.

Allergy/MICHATO/

25

67

37.31

10

Ocimum urticifolium Roth

Endo-parasites

20

70

28.57

11

Cynoglossum coeruleum Hochst. ex A.DC. inDC.

Allergy/MICHATO/

30

115

26.09

12

Euphorbia ampliphylla Pax

Ascariasis

18

76

23.68

13

Pycnostachys eminii Gürke

Allergy/MICHATO/

19

87

21.84

14

Pycnostachys meyeri Gürke

Allergy/MICHATO/

19

87

21.84

15

Vangueria madagascariensis Gmel.

Endo-parasites

27

124

21.77

16

Dombeya torrida (J.F. Gmel.) P. Bamps

Jaundice

15

85

17.65

17

Peperomia retusa (L.f.) A.Dietr.

Stomachache

35

217

16.13

18

Ruta chalepensis L.

Evil eye

21

137

15.33

19

Phytolacca dodecandra L Ήѐrit.

Rabies

24

157

15.29

20

Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth.

Parasites

23

181

12.71

21

Momordica foetida Schumach.

wound

21

201

10.45

22

Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkm.

Jaundice/T'INBATO/

19

275

6.91

  1. aI = refers to all informants both key informants and non-key informants (n = 414). Ip = the number of informants who independently cited the importance of a species for treating a particular diseases, Iu = the total number of informants who reported the medicinal plant for any given diseases, FL = fidelity level (relative healing potential)