Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by indigenous and local communities of Dugda District, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Table 5 Fidelity-level value of top three medicinal plants commonly reported against ethnoveterinary ailment category

Ethnoveterinary ailment category	Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants	Ip	Iu	FL Value %
Gastrointestinal diseases	Kedrostis foetidissima	29	43	67.4
	Melia azedarach	23	25	92.0
	Croton macrostachyus	20	34	58.8
Neurological diseases	Phytolacca dodecandra	16	28	57.1
	Cyphostemma cyphopetalum	13	35	37.1
	Datura stramonium	8	10	80.0
Musculoskeletal diseases	Calotropis procera	15	15	100
	Balanites aegyptiaca	8	11	72.7
	Withania somnifera	7	53	13.2
External parasitic diseases	Calpurnia aurea	18	33	54.5
	Withania somnifera	3	53	5.7
	Kedrostis foetidissima	3	43	7.0
Dermatological diseases	Cyphostemma pannosum	19	22	86.4
	Achyranthes aspera	12	19	63.2
	Kalanchoe petitiana	11	11	100
Reproductive diseases	Grewia ferruginea	5	5	100
	Pappea capensis	5	5	100
	Searsia natalensis	3	5	60.0
Respiratory diseases	Solanum incanum	11	13	84.6
Respiratory diseases	Nicotiana tabacum	8	8	100
Ophthalmologic diseases	Capparis fascicularis	5	5	100
	Verbena officinalis	4	4	100
	Gossypium hirsutum	3	3	100
General illness	Withania somnifera	13	53	24.5
	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum	7	35	20.0
	Cucumis ficifolius	6	34	17.6

Ip: number of informants who independently cited ailment category; Iu: total number of informants who reported the plants for any given ailment category; FL: fidelity level

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