Use and Conservation of Medicinal Plants by Indigenous People of Gozamin Wereda, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia: An Ethnobotanical Approach

Table 8

Fidelity level of traditional medicinal plants cited by informants against the corresponding human ailment.

Plant species	Diseases treated			FL values (%)
Plumbago zeylanica	Wounds	7	7	100
Prunus africanus	Wounds	8	8	100
Solanum anguivi Lam.	Eczema	10	10	100
Withania somnifera	Fibril illness	5	5	100
Verbena officinalis	Stomachache and intestinal parasite	12	15	80
Rumex nepalensis	Blood pressure and stomachache	18	24	75
Brucea antidysenterica	Diarrhea, wound and leishmaniasis	15	20	75
Laggera tomentosa	Common cold and toothache	25	35	71.42
Carica papaya	Gastritis, malaria, and diarrhea	25	45	55.56
Rhamnus prinoides	Tonsillitis, skin infection, and dysentery	20	40	50

FL = fidelity level; = number of informants who independently cited the importance of a species for treating a particular disease; = total number of informants who reported the plant for any given disease.