Phytotherapeutic Information on Plants Used for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Table 4
Result of analysis used by RFC for the medicinal plant species. .
No.
Species
Basic value
Ethnobotanical index
Ranking of RFC
FC
N (%)
RFC
1
Clausena anisata
10
10
0.1
1
2
Haemanthus albiflos
7
7
0.07
2
3
Artemisia afra
6
6
0.06
3
4
Cannabis sativa
5
5
0.05
4
5
Carpobrotus edulis
5
5
0.05
4
6
Mentha longifolia
5
5
0.05
4
7
Ptaeroxylon obliquum
5
5
0.05
4
8
Tulbaghia violacea
5
5
0.05
4
9
Agathosma betulina
4
4
0.04
5
10
Hippobromus pauciflorus
4
4
0.04
5
11
Hypoxis argentea
4
4
0.04
5
12
Allium spp.
3
3
0.03
6
13
Capsicum frutescens
3
3
0.03
6
14
Corymbia citriodora
3
3
0.03
6
15
Daucus carota
3
3
0.03
6
16
Ficus spp.
3
3
0.03
6
17
Rosmarinus officinalis
3
3
0.03
6
18
Scabiosa albanensis
3
3
0.03
6
19
Tulbaghia acutiloba
3
3
0.03
6
20
Withania somnifera
3
3
0.03
6
21
Acacia karroo
2
2
0.02
7
22
Araujia sericifera
2
2
0.02
7
23
Bidens pilosa
2
2
0.02
7
24
Asparagus africanus
1
1
0.01
8
25
Centella coriacea
1
1
0.01
8
26
Prunus africana
1
1
0.01
8
27
Rubia petiolaris
1
1
0.01
8
28
Silene undulata
1
1
0.01
8
29
Syzygium cordatum
1
1
0.01
8
30
Ziziphus mucronata
1
1
0.01
8
FC: number of informant who gave citation at each species, N (%): the number of participants mentioning the use of the plant species as medicine for the treatment of tuberculosis in percentage of the total participants, RFC: the relative frequency of citation.
