Research Article
Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used for Human Ailments in Yilmana Densa and Quarit Districts of West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Table 4
Preference ranking exercise of 7 species reported to treat blood pressure.
| | Medicinal plants for blood pressure | Informants labeled A to P | Score | Rank | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P |
| | Croton macrostachyus Del. | 6 | 7 | | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 5th | | D. abyssinica (A. Rich.) Warb. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 6th | | Lupinus albus L. | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 3rd | | Phragmanthera regularis | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 4th | | Rosa abyssinica Lindley. | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 7th | | Thymus schimperi Ron. | 4 | 4 | | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 2nd | | Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. | 7 | 6 | | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 74 | 1st |
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