Table 3.
The frequency of citations (FC) and Relative Frequency of Citations (RFC) of the most traded medicinal plants in the surveyed Western Kenya region
| SN | Name of medicinal plant species |
Frequency of citation |
Relative frequency of Citation |
| 1 | Trichilia emetica | 11 | 0.37 |
| 2 | Azadirachta indica | 8 | 0.27 |
| 3 | Dregea schimperi | 8 | 0.27 |
| 4 | Aloe spp. | 7 | 0.23 |
| 5 | Carissa spinarum | 7 | 0.23 |
| 6 | Erythrina abyssinica | 5 | 0.17 |
| 7 | Warburgia ugandensis | 5 | 0.17 |
| 8 | Zanthoxylum chalybeum | 5 | 0.17 |
| 9 | Prunus africana | 4 | 0.13 |
| 10 | Tylosema fassoglense | 4 | 0.13 |
| 11 | Bridelia micrantha | 3 | 0.10 |
| 12 | Capparis tomentosa | 3 | 0.10 |
| 13 | Clerodendrum myricoides | 3 | 0.10 |
| 14 | Ekebergia capensis | 3 | 0.10 |
| 15 | Maerua decumbens | 3 | 0.10 |
| 16 | Salvadora persica | 3 | 0.10 |
| 17 | Terminalia brownii | 3 | 0.10 |
| 18 | Ziziphus mauritiana | 3 | 0.10 |
| 19 | Cucumis aculeatus | 3 | 0.10 |
| 20 | Solanum incanum | 2 | 0.07 |