Table 2 Results of a simple preference ranking for ten medicinal plants against liver problem
Medicinal plants reported | The 12 key informants (A to L) | Total score | Rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | |||
Maerua oblongifolia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 1 |
Syzygium guineense | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 2 |
Entada abyssinica | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 3 |
Ensete ventricosum | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 4 |
Maesa lanceolata | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 5 |
Salvia nilotica | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 6 |
Amaranthus caudatus | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 7 |
Abrus precatorius | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 8 |
Clematis hirsuta | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 9 |
Momordica foetida | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 10 |
Total | 44 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 46 | Â | Â |