Table 2.

Similarity of culturally most important medicinal plant species among the study

	Sodo	Muhir-Aklil	Cheha	Silti	Wulbareg	Qebena	Mareqo	Meskan
Sodo	1
Muhir-Aklil	0.12	1
Cheha	0.11	0.30	1
Silti	0.12	0.19	0.22	1
Wulbareg	0.15	0.10	0.20	0.33	1
Qebena	0.13	0.29	0.45	0.23	0.18	1
Mareqo	0.14	0.19	0.25	0.43	0.24	0.27	1
Meskan	0.31	0.27	0.30	0.34	0.14	0.20	0.29	1

Jaccard similarity indices (0–1), 1 = similar; 0 = dissimilar. Note that the matrix is symmetrical about the diagonal