An Ethnobotanical Study of Traditional Knowledge and Uses of Medicinal Wild Plants among the Marakwet Community in Kenya

Table 2

Local identification of plant species in Embobut Forest based on TMK (n = 116).

Attributes	Frequency	Percent
Number of medicinal species identified through TMK	115	—
Number of local community respondents	116	—
Number of medicinal species with 4 or 5 overlapping local names among traditional healers	2	1.7
Number of medicinal species with 3 overlapping local names among traditional healers	14	12.2
Number of medicinal species with 2 overlapping local names among traditional healers	53	46.0
Number of medicinal species without overlapping local names among traditional healers	46	40.0
Mean TMK knowledge index (%)	37.1	37.8
Members of local community who identified 100% of medicinal use	3	2.6
Members of local community who identified ≥75% of medicinal use	16	13.8
Members of local community who identified ≥50% of medicinal use	67	57.8
Members of local community who identified ≤20% of medicinal use	15	12.9