Table 10.

Comparison of medicinal plant knowledge among different groups of informants

Demographic Features	Categories	No.	No. of Plants Reported (Mean ± SD)	P-value
Gender	male	360	4.638 ± 3.252	0.8789
	female	28	4.0714 ± 2.355
Age	20–40	86	1.833 ± 0.1931
	41–60	210	2.69603± 0.18031
	61–86	92	6.52944±0.1041	0.0001
Education	Illiterate	226	5.296 ± 3.0703	0.0001
	Literate	162	3.6234 ± 3.122
Experience	Traditional medicine practitioners	84	8.9058 ± 3.620	0.0001
	General informants	304	3.389 ± 1.661