Research Article
Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers to Treat Cancer-Like Symptoms in Eleven Districts, Ethiopia
Table 1
Vegetation type, climatic condition, and demographic data of the study areas [
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28] (source: National Meteorological Service Agency of Ethiopia).
| District | Distance from capital city (km) | Approximate population (2015) | Number of interviewed healers | Area size (km2) | Geographical location | Average elevation above sea level (m.a.s.l) | Vegetation type | Climatic condition (2014) | Annual average rainfall (mm) | Annual average temperature range (°C) |
| Bale Robe | 432 | 65,284 | 2 | 8.87 | 7°07′11.65″ N 40°00′24.82″ E | 2480 | DAF | 745.6 | 9.2–23.2 | Goba | 444 | 47,135 | 7 | 20.15 | 7°00′41.66″ N 39°58′33.96″ E | 2614 | DAF | 736.3 | 9.5–23.8 | Bahir Dar Zuria | 578 | 206,708 | 16 | 1443.37 | 11°34′27.15″ N 37°21′40.87″ E | 1800 | CTW, DAF, and FLV/MFS | 1547.1 | 12.7–27.6 | Filiklik | 188 | 142,722 | 7 | 806.98 | 10°02′12.74″ N 38°14′27.65″ E | 1853 | CTW and DAF | 880.2 | 12.9–22.0 | Gewane | 344 | 39,186 | 6 | 967.85 | 10°29′59.99″ N 40°44′59.99″ E | 568 | ACB | 586.7 | 19.5–36.7 | Wondo Genet | 270 | 196,277 | 12 | 226.45 | 7°05′3.01″ N 38°37′8.02″ E | 1742 | DAF | 928.7 | 15–29.6 | Sodo Zuria | 383 | 145,092 | 2 | 25.62 | 6°51′10.11″ N 37°45′39.49″ E | 1854 | CTW and DAF | 1569.2 | 14.8–25.2 | Doyo Gena | 258 | 95,393 | 14 | 130.57 | 7°21′20.22″ N 37°47′07.15″ E | 2300 | DAF | 1334.5 | 11–22.8 | North Bench | 587 | 126,308 | 4 | 392.65 | 6°37′53.43″ N 35°33′56.83″ E | 2367 | CTW | 1671.8 | 16–33.3 | Mizan Aman | 565 | 64,996 | 3 | 24.45 | 6°59′37.13″ N 35°34′55.92″ E | 1441 | CTW and MAF | 1963.7 | 14.8–28.8 | Shako | 617 | 51,195 | 1 | 48,089.63 ha | 7°33′42.37″ N 35°39′11.83″ E | 1800 | CTW and MAF | 1906.9 | 11.4–22.4 |
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Note. Vegetation type: DAF: dry evergreen Afromontane forest and grassland complex; CTW: Combretum-Terminalia woodland and wooded grassland; FLV/MFS: freshwater marshes and swamps, floodplains, and lake shore vegetation; ACB: Acacia-Commiphora woodland and bushland proper; MAF: moist evergreen Afromontane forest. m.a.s.l: meter above sea level; mm: millimeter; °C: degree Celsius; km2: kilometer square.
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