Medicinal plants diversity among the oromo community in heban-arsi district of Ethiopia used to manage human and livestock ailments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medicinal plants are commonly employed mainly due their accessibility, affordability and potency. However, medicinal plants and the associated knowledge are disappearing at an alarming rate due to natural and anthropogenic causes and thus a need for their proper documentation conservation. This study was performed to document traditional knowledge related to use of medicinal plants in Heban-Arsi district, West-Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Methods

Interviews were conducted with 185 informants to identify medicinal plants used in traditional therapies in the study area. Informant consensus factor (ICF), rank order priority (ROP) values were computed, and preference ranking exercises were performed to assess the relative importance of medicinal plant

SUBMITTER: Nuro G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450779 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature