Table 3.
Use value of important ethnomedicinal species of target area
Taxa | URa | FCb | CIc | NDAS | Ailments categories (decreasing order) |
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Ocimum basilicum L. | 97 | 88 | 0.97 | 5 | Respiratory, general health care, and others |
Cannabis sativa L. | 94 | 63 | 0.94 | 6 | Gastrointestinal, others, and antidote |
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm) Sw. | 94 | 38 | 0.94 | 6 | Others, gastrointestinal, general health care, and respiratory |
Curcuma longa L. | 91 | 78 | 0.91 | 5 | General health care, dermatological, and respiratory |
Setaria italica L. | 91 | 91 | 0.91 | 2 | Dermatological |
Angelica glauca Edgew. | 89 | 44 | 0.89 | 4 | Others and gastrointestinal |
Zingiber officinale Rosc. | 89 | 89 | 0.89 | 2 | Respiratory |
Ajuga parviflora Benth. | 87 | 56 | 0.87 | 5 | General health care, gastrointestinal, and urinogenital disorder |
Rephanus sativus L. | 87 | 87 | 0.87 | 1 | Hepatic health cure |
Emblica officinalis Gaertn. | 85 | 35 | 0.85 | 6 | Gastrointestinal, others, circulatory, and respiratory |
Glycine max (L.) Merri | 84 | 84 | 0.84 | 1 | Hepatic health cure |
Plantago ovate Forsk. | 83 | 74 | 0.83 | 3 | Gastrointestinal |
Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) King & H. Rob. | 80 | 80 | 0.80 | 2 | Dermatological |
Leucas lanata Benth | 80 | 80 | 0.80 | 1 | Respiratory |
Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle. | 80 | 53 | 0.80 | 2 | General health care and gastrointestinal |
Artemisia martima L. | 77 | 55 | 0.77 | 3 | Dermatological |
Zanthoxylum armatum DC | 77 | 61 | 0.77 | 5 | Others, general health care, respiratory, and gastrointestinal |
Acorus calamus L. | 74 | 55 | 0.74 | 3 | Others and skeleton and muscles |
Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Bent. | 72 | 55 | 0.72 | 3 | General health care, gastrointestinal, and urinogenital disorder |
Origanum vulgare L. | 71 | 31 | 0.71 | 5 | Dermatological, respiratory, general health care, and others |
Punica granatum L. | 71 | 59 | 0.71 | 4 | Respiratory, others, and hepatic health cure |
NDAS no. of different ailment subcategories
aTotal no. of use-reports of the taxon
bUse citation of taxa (the no. of informants that referred the taxon)
cCI = UR/Nt, where Nt is the total no. of reported taxa