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Table 8 Paired comparison of five commonly used medicinal plants to treat paralysis and limb pain

From: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Adwa District, Central Zone of Tigray Regional State, Northern Ethiopia

Medicinal plant

Key informant

Total

Rank

K-1

K-2

K-3

K-4

K-5

K-6

K-7

K-8

Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

3

2

4

4

3

1

4

4

25

1st

Plumbago zeylanica L

2

4

1

2

4

4

2

3

22

2nd

Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich

4

3

2

3

2

3

2

2

21

3rd

Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f

0

1

1

1

0

2

1

1

7

4th

Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Delile

1

0

2

0

1

0

1

0

5

5th