Table 4.
Preference ranking of seven medicinal plants used to treat malaria by the Sidama people of Boricha District, South Region of Ethiopia.
| Antimalarial plants | Participants labeled A–J | Total score | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | |||
| Ajuga integrifolia | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 1 |
| Melia azedarach | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 2 |
| Peponium vogelii | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 3 |
| Premna schimperi | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 4 |
| Clerodendrum myricoides | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 5 |
| Croton macrostachyus | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 6 |
| Fagaropsis angolensis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 7 |