Table 4.
Fidelity level for medicinal plants reported by herbalists in Ghana as used in the management of hypertension.
| S/N | Species | Hypertension |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity level | ||||
| Urs | Ns | FL | ||
| 1. | Aframomum melegueta | 40 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 2. | Alstonia boonei | 40 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 3. | Baphia nitida | 40 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 4. | Bryophyllum pinnatum | 40 | 2 | 5 |
| 5. | Cinnamomum zeylanicum | 40 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 6. | Cymbopogon citiratus | 40 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 7. | Gomphrena celesioides | 40 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 8. | Kigelia africana | 40 | 2 | 5 |
| 9. | Lantana camara | 40 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 10. | Launnea officinale | 40 | 5 | 12.5 |
| 11. | Luffa aegyptiaca | 40 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 12. | Musa paradisiaca | 40 | 2 | 5 |
| 13. | Persea americana | 40 | 5 | 12.5 |
| 14. | Strophanthus hispidus | 40 | 2 | 5 |
| 15. | Tapinanthus banguwensis | 40 | 2 | 5 |
| 16. | Tetrapleura tetraptera | 40 | 6 | 15 |
| 17. | Xylopia aethiopica | 40 | 3 | 7.5 |
| 18. | Zingiber officinale | 40 | 2 | 5 |