An Ethnobotanical Survey of Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by Communities to Treat Various Diseases around Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 1

Preference ranking of medicinal plants used to treat stomachaches.

Medicinal plant species	Respondent
	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Rank
Foeniculum vulgare	6	5	4	5	3	5	28	5^th
Calpurnia aurea	3	4	1	1	4	2	15	7^th
Cymbopogon citratus	1	2	4	2	1	1	11	9^th
Ziziphus spina-christi	8	8	8	9	8	6	47	2^nd
Ruta chalepensis	5	7	5	7	6	8	38	4^th
Cucumis ficifolius	9	9	9	8	9	9	53	1^st
Salvia nilotica	2	1	2	4	2	3	14	8^th
Zingiber officinale	4	3	3	3	5	4	23	6^th
Maytenus arbutifolia	7	6	7	6	7	7	40	3^rd