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

Table 6 Use diversity indices of 20 high ranking medicinal plant species in the entire data set

Species	Family	^aUVs	UVi	lnUVi	Abs(lnUVi)	UVilnUVi
Syzygium guineense subsp. afromontana	Myrtaceae	43	0.020	− 3.937	3.937	0.077
Syzygium guineense subsp.marocarpa	Myrtaceae	43	0.020	− 3.937	3.937	0.077
Croton macrostachyus	Euphorbiaceae	41	0.019	− 3.985	3.985	0.074
Manilkara butugi	Sapotaceae	37	0.017	− 4.088	4.088	0.069
Ekebergia capensis	Meliaceae	34	0.015	− 4.172	4.172	0.064
Ilex mitis	Aquifoliaceae	34	0.015	− 4.172	4.172	0.064
Olea welwitschii	Oleaceae	34	0.015	− 4.172	4.172	0.064
Arundinaria alpina	Poaceae	33	0.015	− 4.202	4.202	0.063
Prunus africana	Rosaceae	33	0.015	− 4.202	4.202	0.063
Hallea rubrostipulata	Rubiaceae	30	0.014	− 4.297	4.297	0.058
Millettia ferruginea	Fabaceae	30	0.014	− 4.297	4.297	0.058
Schefflera abyssinica	Araliaceae	30	0.014	− 4.297	4.297	0.058
Cordia africana	Boraginaceae	29	0.013	− 4.331	4.331	0.057
Schefflera volkensii	Araliaceae	29	0.013	− 4.331	4.331	0.057
Hagenia abyssinica	Rosaceae	27	0.012	− 4.403	4.403	0.054
Milicia excelsa	Moraceae	27	0.012	− 4.403	4.403	0.054
Ozoroa insignis	Anacardiaceae	26	0.012	− 4.440	4.440	0.052
Ozoroa pulcherrima	Anacardiaceae	26	0.012	− 4.440	4.440	0.052
Podocarpus falcatus	Podocarpaceae	26	0.012	− 4.440	4.440	0.052
Trichillia dregeana	Meliaceae	26	0.012	− 4.440	4.440	0.052
\( \mathrm{UVDs}=\sum \limits_{i=1}^S UVi\ln UVi=5.155 \)

UVDs use value diversity, UVs a simple sum of all known use for each species, UVi the relative use value of species i, lnUVi the natural logarithm of the relative use value of species i, Abs(lnUVi) the absolute value of lnUVi, S the total number of medicinal plant species in the entire dataset
^aOnly species with total use value of all known use categories > 26 are indicated (S = 266, use categories = 14)

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