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Table 7 FL values of the 15 most referenced medicinal plants

From: Medicinal plants used to treat livestock ailments in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Medicinal plant species

Diseases

Ip

Iu

Fidelity level values

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers

Rhesus factor

8

8

100

Inula confertiflora A. Rich

Eye disease

68

70

97.1

Nicotiana tabacum L

Leech

38

40

95

Verbascum sinaiticum Benth

Tumor

29

31

93.5

Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich

Foot rot

28

34

82.4

Phytolacca dodecandra L' Herit

Rabies

29

36

80.6

Achyranthes aspera L

Wound/bleeding

12

15

80

Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach

Diarrhea

18

23

78.3

Calpurnia aurea (Ait.) Benth

External parasites

28

37

75.7

Justicia schimperiana (Hochst. ex Nees) T. Anderson

Jaundice

19

27

70.4

Solanecio gigas (Vatke) C. Jeffrey

‘’Chirt” (trypanosomiasis

10

16

62.5

Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) R.Br. ex Vatke

Anthrax

41

69

59.4

Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich

Tail amputation

16

29

55.2

Carissa spinarum L

Lung disease

6

11

54.5

Salvia nilotica Juss. ex Jacq

blackleg

31

62

50