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Table 4 Conditions controlled by the documented plant species and analysis of their use-value in the study area

From: Characterisation of the indigenous knowledge used for gastrointestinal nematode control in smallholder farming areas of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Plant name

Conditions controlled

Times cited

(n = 294)

Use-value (per species)

C. quadrangularis

GIN, wounds, ticks

285

0.969

A. anthelmintica

GIN

193

0.656

C. Rotundifolia

GIN

184

0.626

V. xanthophloea

GIN

174

0.592

A. marlothii

GIN, diarrhoea, anaplasmosis

169

0.575

S. birrea

GIN

160

0.544

G. physocarpus

GIN,

ticks

156

0.531

A. maculata

GIN

148

0.503

T. emetica

GIN

139

0.473

A. ferox

GIN

125

0.425

V. neocorymbosa

GIN

72

0.245

S. pinnata

GIN

48

0.163

  1. GIN Gastrointestinal nematode