Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used for Human Ailments in Yilmana Densa and Quarit Districts of West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 3

Fidelity levels (FL) of 14 most cited traditional medicinal plants.

List of medicinal plants	Family	Therapeutic uses			(FL) (%)
Dodonea angustifolia L.	Sapindaceae	Malaria	3	3	100
Dovyalis abyssinica (A. Rich.) Warb.	Flacourtiaceae	Asthma	4	4	100
Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmelin	Rosaceae	Tapeworm	53	53	100
Nigella sativa L.	Ranunculaceae	Cough	3	3	100
Urtica simensis Steudel	Urticaceae	Stomach ulcer	2	2	100
Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.	Polygonaceae	Diabetes	3	4	75
Croton macrostachyus Del.	Euphorbiaceae	Blood pressure	6	9	66.7
Rumex nervosus Vahl	Polygonaceae	Common cold	4	8	50
Calpurnia aurea (Ait.) Benth.	Fabaceae	Snake bite	4	13	30.8
Euphorbia abyssinica Gmel.	Euphorbiaceae	Rabies	3	30	30
Kanahia laniflora (Forssk.) R. Br.	Asclepiadaceae	Scabies	5	27	18.5
Osyris quadripartita Decn.	Santalaceae	Trachoma	2	21	9.5