Ethnobotany of traditional medicinal plants and associated indigenous knowledge in Dawuro Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia

Table 3 Report of some selected TMPs with high use value in the study area

Scientific name	UR	DT	DC	OU	IC %	UV	Rank
Echinops kebericho	346	13	7	2	90.1	0.9	1
Syzygium guineense	332	13	8	20	86.46	0.87	2
Pentas schimperiana	322	11	8	7	83.85	0.84	3
Maerua oblongifolia	290	17	7	6	75.52	0.76	4
Ensete ventricosum	216	10	8	10	56.25	0.56	5
Allium sativum	300	10	7	3	78.13	0.78	6
Dichondra repens	220	8	4	3	57.29	0.57	7
Commelina benghalensis	210	4	3	4	54.69	0.55	8
Datura stramonium	212	7	5	2	55.21	0.55	8
Cyperus articulatus	198	3	2	2	51.56	0.52	9
Centella asiatiaca	190	9	4	2	49.48	0.5	10

Where UR = use reports, DT = no. of ailments treated, DC = no. of disease clusters, OU = other uses, IC = informant consensus, UV = use value

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