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Table 4 Selected TMPs with high relative importance (RI) in the study area

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

Scientific name

UR

UV

DT

DC

OU

IC %

RI

Rank

Syzygium guineense

332

0.87

13

8

20

86.46

2

1

Ensete ventricosum

216

0.56

10

8

10

56.25

1.61

2

Rumex nepalensis

19

0.05

16

8

3

4.95

1.58

3

Maerua oblongifolia

290

0.76

17

7

6

75.52

1.57

4

Pentas schimperiana

322

0.84

11

8

7

83.85

1.55

5

Phytolacca dodecandra

31

0.08

12

8

4

8.07

1.48

6

Vernonia amygdalina

11

0.03

11

6

13

2.86

1.48

7

Maesa lanceolata

21

0.06

8

6

15

5.47

1.45

8

Rossmarinus officinalis

8

0.02

12

8

2

2.08

1.42

9

Eucalyptus globules

79

0.21

9

7

7

20.57

1.36

10

Juniperus procera

6

0.02

8

6

12

1.56

1.36

11

  1. Where UR = use report, UV = use value, DT = no. of diseases treated, DC = disease cluster, OU = other uses rather than medicinal value, IC = informant consensus
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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