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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.