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 9

Medicinal plants which are marketable.

Scientific nameCommon nameUse

Ruta chalepensisTenadamSpice
Capsicum annuumKariaSpice and food
Allium sativumNech shinekurteSpice and food
Lippia adoensisKoseretSpice
Echinops keberichoKeberechoFragrance
Rhamnus prinoidesGeshoBeverage
Ziziphus spina-christiGeba (qurequra)Food (fruit) and firewood
Thymus schimperiTosignMedicine
Nigella sativaTekur azemudeFood and spice
Citrus aurantifoliaLomiFood
Olea europaeaWoyeraConstruction and to smoke beverage material
Zingiber officinaleZenegebelSpice
Vicia fabaBakilaFood
Cicer arietinumShinberaFood
Myrtus communisAdeseSpice
Otostegia integrifoliaTunget“Matent”: smoke beverage material
Trigonella foenumgraecumAbishFood and spice
Lycopersicon esculentumTimatimFood
Linum usitatissimumTelebaFood
Carthamus tinctoriusSufFood
Sesamum orientaleSeliteFood
Lepidium sativumFetoFood
Brassica carinataGomenezerFood
Guizotia abyssinicaNoogFood
Lens culinarisMiserFood
Coffea arabicaBunnaStimulate
Brassica nigraSenafechFood
Cymbopogon citratusTej sarFragrance