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. 2014 May 8;10:40. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-40

Table 5.

Preference ranking of 5 selected medicinal plants on their degree of treating malaria as perceived by 12 local healers

Respondents Lepidium sativum Croton macrostaychs Allium sativum Carica papaya Vernonia amygdalina
*R1
 5
 5
 8
 5
 0
R2
 2
 4
 6
 7
 3
R3
 0
 6
 4
 5
 5
R4
 8
 5
 5
 7
 2
R5
 5
 9
 3
 6
 3
R6
 4
 5
 6
 4
 6
R7
 2
 6
 5
 3
 5
R8
 6
 5
 5
 5
 5
R9
 5
 7
 7
 6
 7
R10
 2
 8
 8
 4
 8
R11
 3
 8
 6
 4
 6
R12
 4
 9
 5
 6
 5
Total
 46
 77
 68
 62
 51
Rank 5th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

*R = Respondent.