Research Article
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 |
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