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

Table 5 Use diversity value of medicinal plants in the study area

Scientific name	UR	DT	UCl	OU	n	(N)	p c	p c2	ln p c	p c ln p c	UDR
Croton macrostachyus	144	19	2	13	32	2306	0.0139	0.000193	− 4.277	− 0.059	1
Vernonia amygdalina	11	11	6	13	24	2306	0.0104	0.000108	− 4.565	− 0.048	2
Maerua oblongifolia	290	17	7	6	23	2306	0.0100	9.95E−05	− 4.608	− 0.046	3
Maesa lanceolata	21	8	6	15	23	2306	0.0100	9.95E−05	− 4.608	− 0.046	4
Prunus africana	5	4	3	18	22	2306	0.0095	9.1E−05	− 4.652	− 0.044	5
Vernonia theophrastifolia	10	12	5	10	22	2306	0.0095	9.1E−05	− 4.652	− 0.044	6
Schefflera abyssinica	6	3	2	18	21	2306	0.0091	8.29E−05	− 4.698	− 0.043	7
Juniperus procera	6	8	6	12	20	2306	0.0087	7.52E−05	− 4.748	− 0.041	8
Ensete ventricosum	216	10	8	10	20	2306	0.0087	7.52E−05	− 4.748	− 0.041	9
Polyscias fulva	4	4	2	16	20	2306	0.0087	7.52E−05	− 4.748	− 0.041	10

UR = use reports; DT = number of diseases treated; UCl = number of disease clusters; OU = other uses; n = total number of uses; N = Σn or (UC); pc = n/N; In = natural logarithm; UV = use value; UDR = use diversity rank

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