Research Article

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 6

Result of the informant consensus on medicinal plants in the study area.

NoScientific nameLocal nameNo. of informant cited%

1Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex BenthDamakese7575
2Cucumis ficifolius A. RichYwmder ebuye4141
3Eucalyptus globulus LabillNech beharzafe3939
4Zehneria scabra (Linn.f.) Sond.Shehara kitel3636
5Allium sativum LNech shekuret3535
6Croton macrostachyus HochstBisana2727
7Lepidium sativum LFeto2323
8Ruta chalepensis LTenadam2222
9Premna schimperi EnglChocho2020
10Salvia nilotica Juss. ex JacqHulegeb2020
11Zingiber officinale RoscoZengebel1919
12Vicia faba LBakila1919
13Nicotiana tabaccum LTebaho1818
14Ziziphus spina-christiGeba1818
15Cyphostemma cyphopetalum (Fresen.)Gendosh1818
16Andrachne asperaEtse tekeza1717
17Echinops kebericho MesfinKeberecho1414