Table 3.
Preference ranking of medicinal plants used for treating malaria in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda
| Name of species | Respondents (R1–R7) | Score | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | |||
| Abrus precatorius L | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 5th |
| Aloe nobilis (L.) Burman | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 3rd |
| Chamaecrista nigricans (Vahl.) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 2nd |
| Kedrostis foetidissima Cogn | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6th |
| Vernonia amygdalina Delile | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 1st |
| Warburgia ugandensis Sprague | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 4th |