Table 3.
Ranked values assigned by each key informant for each of the ten preferred medicinal plants.
| Plant Species | Parts Used | Key Ailments Treated | Number of Key Informants (n = 15) | Total Value | Rank | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | |||||
| S. alata | L | Skin diseases | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 79 | 8th |
| V. amygdalina | L, R | Malaria, diarrhoea, asabera | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 122 | 4th |
| A. cordifolia | L, B | Malaria, wounds, piles, | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 77 | 9th |
| M. charantia | L | Abdominal pain, fever | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 107 | 7th |
| S. occidentalis | L | Stomach aches, phlegm | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 131 | 3rd |
| T. grandis | L | Malaria, fever | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 116 | 5th |
| C. patens | L, SB | Malaria, fever, piles | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 133 | 2nd |
| A. boonei | L, B, R | Measles, piles, chicken pox | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 98 | 6th |
| A. indica | L | Malaria | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 146 | 1st |
| P. urinaria | Wp | Malaria, typhoid, ulcer | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 10th |