Table 4 Plant species with the highest frequency of citation based on overall effectiveness to treat the corresponding human ailments
Species name | Disease (s) treated | F(%) |
|---|---|---|
Aloe megalacantha | Colon cleaner | 87.3 |
Cissampelos mucronata | Sudden illness locally called “dingetegna” | 85.5 |
Aloe harlana | Swollen body part locally called gofla, snake bite, liver swelling, spleen swelling, colon cleaner, skin fungus, hair fungus, skin inflammation | 78.2 |
Ocimum lamiifolium | “mich”, eye infection | 76.4 |
Portulaca oleracea | Constipation, cough | 70.9 |
Tamarindus indica | Colon cleaner | 70.1 |
Withania somnifera | Extended flow of menstruation/menometrorrhagia, gallstone, evil eye | 69.1 |
Cadia purpurea | Gastritis, heartburn/pyrosis | 67.3 |
Azadirachta indica | Intestinal parasite, malaria | 56.4 |
Lawsonia inermis | Infection after hemorrhage removal, infection after skin tumor removal, fever | 49.1 |
Pouzolzia parasitica | Diarrhoea, hemorrhage, hair fungus | 47.3 |
Kleinia abyssinica | Sexual dysfunction | 41.8 |
Terminalia brownii | Liver disease/jaundice | 38.2 |
Caralluma speciosa | Skin cyst & tumor locally known as keledo, gangrene, swollen body part, anti poison, wound, itching skin | 34.5 |
Cucumis ficifolius | Swollen body part locally called gofla | 23.6 |
Gomphocarpus Purpurascens | Itching skin, evil eye | 32.7 |
Plumbago zeylanica | Skin cyst & tumor locally called keledo | 27.3 |
Coccinia sp. | Kidney infections | 21.8 |