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Table 2 Evaluation of useful plants of Sidama, Oromo, and Gedeo using four quantitative indices

From: Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia

Ethnic group

Species

Basic values

Indices

Rankings

FC

UR

NU

CI

RFC

RI

CV

CI

RFC

CV

RI

Sidama

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

12

46

13

0.730

0.190

0.786

0.030

1

6

2

2

Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Delile

17

36

15

0.571

0.270

1.000

0.039

2

1

1

1

Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip

13

25

6

0.397

0.206

0.582

0.008

3

5

7

7

Allium sativum L

8

23

9

0.365

0.127

0.535

0.007

4

13

8

9

Ruta chalepensis L

14

21

8

0.333

0.222

0.678

0.010

5

3

5

5

Cucumis prophetarum L

14

20

9

0.317

0.222

0.712

0.011

6

4

3

3

Ekebergia capensis Sparrm

15

20

8

0.317

0.238

0.708

0.010

7

2

4

4

Eucalyptus globulus Labill

9

20

11

0.317

0.143

0.631

0.008

8

11

6

6

Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb

11

16

7

0.254

0.175

0.557

0.005

9

8

10

8

Melia azedarach L

8

15

9

0.238

0.127

0.535

0.005

10

14

9

10

Oromo

Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Delile

21

48

22

0.762

0.333

1.000

0.086

1

1

1

1

Aloe macrocarpa Tod

16

38

14

0.603

0.254

0.699

0.033

2

3

3

3

Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip

21

34

15

0.540

0.333

0.841

0.042

3

2

2

2

Moringa stenopetala (Baker f.) Cufod

13

25

14

0.397

0.206

0.628

0.018

4

4

5

5

Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif

11

25

18

0.397

0.175

0.671

0.019

5

6

4

4

Ruta chalepensis L

9

19

13

0.302

0.143

0.510

0.009

6

9

6

7

Eucalyptus globulus Labill

9

16

5

0.254

0.143

0.328

0.003

7

10

14

13

Melia azedarach L

11

16

11

0.254

0.175

0.512

0.008

8

7

7

6

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

8

16

11

0.254

0.127

0.440

0.005

9

12

8

10

Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth

11

14

9

0.222

0.175

0.466

0.005

10

8

9

9

Gedeo

Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Delile

28

80

21

1.270

0.444

1.000

0.182

1

1

1

1

Albizia gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A.Sm

20

47

20

0.746

0.317

0.833

0.073

2

2

2

2

Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth

19

31

13

0.492

0.302

0.649

0.030

3

3

3

4

Ruta chalepensis L

15

28

17

0.444

0.238

0.673

0.028

4

5

4

3

Afrocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) C.N.Page

16

26

10

0.413

0.254

0.524

0.016

5

4

5

5

Solanecio gigas (Vatke) C.Jeffrey

13

20

10

0.371

0.206

0.470

0.010

6

6

6

6

Celtis africana Burm.f

10

18

11

0.286

0.159

0.440

0.008

7

8

7

7

Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip

11

17

8

0.270

0.175

0.387

0.006

8

7

8

8

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

5

15

9

0.238

0.079

0.304

0.003

9

21

11

13

Ocimum gratissimum L

7

15

6

0.238

0.111

0.268

0.002

10

12

17

18

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