Research Article
Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used for Human Ailments in Yilmana Densa and Quarit Districts of West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Table 6
Average DMR score of six key informants for 5 medicinal plants with additional uses.
| | UD | Traditional medicinal plants | Score | Rank | | C. spinarum | C. macrostachyus | D. abyssinica | O. europaea | R. abyssinica | | Informant (I) (1-6) | I | I | I | I |
| | AT | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 4th | | FW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 91 | 2nd | | F | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 5th | | M | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 102 | 1st | | CO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 3rd | | GT | 84 | 72 | 64 | 95 | 76 | | | | Rank | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 3rd | | |
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Abbreviations: UD = use diversity; AT = agricultural tools; FW = firewood; F = food; M = medicine; CO = construction; GT = grand total.
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