Research Article
Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used for Human Ailments in Yilmana Densa and Quarit Districts of West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Table 5
Preference ranking of 4 medicinal plants reported to treat asthma.
| | Medicinal plants for asthma | Informants labeled A to P | Score | Rank | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P |
| | Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 1st | | Rubia cordifolia L. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 3rd | | Dovyalis abyssinica (A. Rich.) Warb. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 4th | | Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 2nd |
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Note: scores in the table indicate ranks given to medicinal plants based on their efficacy.
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