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Table 6 Cultural value in the study area

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

Scientific name

UR

TR

UCL

DT

OU

n

UT

Uce

Ic

IUc

CVe

Rank

Syzygium guineense

332

384

8

13

20

33

166

0.2

0.86

0.86

0.1486

1

Maerua oblongifolia

290

384

7

17

6

23

166

0.14

0.76

0.76

0.079

2

Pentas schimperiana

322

384

8

11

7

18

166

0.11

0.84

0.84

0.0763

3

Echinops kebericho

346

384

7

13

2

15

166

0.09

0.9

0.9

0.0734

4

Allium sativum

300

384

7

10

3

13

166

0.08

0.78

0.78

0.0478

5

Ensete ventricosum

216

384

8

10

10

20

166

0.12

0.56

0.56

0.0381

6

Croton macrostachyus

144

384

2

19

13

32

166

0.19

0.38

0.38

0.0271

7

Dichondra repens

220

384

4

8

3

11

166

0.07

0.57

0.57

0.0218

8

Datura stramonium

212

384

5

7

2

9

166

0.05

0.55

0.55

0.0165

9

Centella asiatiaca

190

384

4

9

2

11

166

0.07

0.49

0.49

0.0162

10

  1. Where UR = use reports; DT = no. of diseases treated; UCl = no. of use clusters; OU = other uses; n = general use cited (UC); UT = use total; CVe = cultural value; Uce = the total number of uses reported for species e divided by the total number of potential uses; Ic = the number of participants who listed species e as useful divided by the total number of people participating in free listing; IUc = the number of participants who mentioned each use of species e divided by the total number of participants