Research Article
Ethnobotanical Study of Mosquito Repellent Plants Used in Seweyna District, Bale Zone, Southeast, Ethiopia
Table 3
Preference ranking of plants used as mosquito repellent.
| Plants species | Key informants labeled A–J | Total score | Rank | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
| Acokanthera schimperi | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 1st | Mimusops kummel | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 60 | 2nd | Calpurnia aurea | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 3rd | Boswellia microphylla | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 4th | Commiphora myrrha | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 5th | Boswellia neglecta | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6th | Terminalia brownii | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7th |
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