An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Kelala District, South Wollo Zone of Amhara Region, Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Fidelity level values of medicinal plants against a given human disease category.

No	Scientific name	Disease category			FL (%)
1	Zehneria scabra (Linn. f.) Sond.	Febrile illness	32	32	100
2	Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth.	Febrile illness	34	36	94.44
3	Impatiens rothii Hook. f.	Dermatological	37	40	92.5
4	Eucalyptus globulus Labill.	Febrile illness	27	32	84.38
5	Cordia africana Lam.	Febrile illness	13	16	81.25
6	Otostegia tomentosa A. Rich.	Gastrointestinal and parasitic infections	20	25	80.00
7	Myrtus communis L.	Dermatological	11	14	78.57
8	Foeniculum vulgare Miller.	Internal diseases	7	10	70.00
9	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Gastrointestinal and parasitic infections	4	6	66.67
10	Laggera tomentosa (Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.) Oliv. & Hiern.	Gastrointestinal and parasitic infections	7	11	63.64
11	Nicotiana tabacum L.	Respiratory diseases	8	13	61.54
12	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Respiratory diseases	3	6	50.00