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Table 6 Relative importance of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in Dugda District

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

Plant species

NSA

NAC

NP

NCS

RI value

%

Croton macrostachyus

8

5

1

1

2

100

Kedrostis foetidissima

7

5

0.875

1

1.875

93.75

Withania somnifera

8

4

1

0.8

1.8

90

Phytolacca dodecandra

6

5

0.75

1

1.75

87.5

Senna occidentalis

7

4

0.875

0.8

1.675

83.6

Foeniculum vulgare

5

5

0.625

1

1.625

81.25

Gymnanthemum amygdalinum

6

4

0.75

0.8

1.55

77.5

Cucumis ficifolius

6

4

0.75

0.8

1.55

77.5

Cyphostemma cyphopetalum

6

3

0.75

0.6

1.35

67.5

Marsdenia schimperi

4

4

0.5

0.8

1.3

65

Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia

4

4

0.5

0.8

1.3

65

Calpurnia aurea

5

3

0.625

0.6

1.225

61.25

Melia azedarach

5

3

0.625

0.6

1.225

61.25

Aloe trichosantha

4

3

0.5

0.6

1.1

55

Verbascum sinaiticum

5

2

0.625

0.4

1.025

51.25

  1. NSA = number of specific ailments; NAC = number of ailment categories; NP = NSA treated by a given species divided by the total NSA treated by the most multipurpose species. NCS = NAC treated by a given species divided by the total NAC treated by the most multipurpose species, RI = Relative importance value