Table 3.
Proportion of medicinal plants part used in relation to plants availability type
| Availability type | Proportion (%) of parts used | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaf | Bark | Root & tuber | Fruit & seed | Exudate | Whole plant | |
| Abundant plants & part used easy to collect | 53.6 | 16.1 | 19.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
| Abundant plants. but part used difficult to harvest or rare | 20.0 | 40.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Scarce plants in the region | 19.0 | 61.9 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Endangered plants in the region. rarely found in their natural habitat | 0.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Exotic domesticated or cultivated plants | 77.8 | 14.8 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |