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 [27, 28] (source: National Meteorological Service Agency of Ethiopia).

District	Distance from capital city (km)	Approximate population (2015)	Number of interviewed healers	Area size (km^2)	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

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.