biostudies-literatureUnknown9(4)Bogale MMinistry of Education, EthiopiaTraditional medicinal plants used by local <i>Oromo</i> people of <i>Tulo</i> District in west Hararghe, Ethiopia, were investigated before people's medicinal knowledge vanishes. Data on medicinal plants and demography were obtained between November 2019 and October 2020 through semi-structured interviews, group discussion and direct guided onsite observation to elicit information from 376 non-traditional and 20 traditional medicine practitioners. Ethnobotanical indices including informant consensus factor (ICF), preference ranking (PR), fidelity level (FL), relative frequency of citation (RFG) and cultural importance (CI) were employed for the data analysis. Moreover; descriptive statistics, <i>t</i>-test, analysis of variance and linear regression were used to reveal the effects of socioHeliyone15361https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10106503biostudies-literatureAn ethnomedicinal study in <i>tulo</i> district, west hararghe zone, <i>oromia</i> region, Ethiopia.PMC10106503Bogale MEgigu MCSasikumar JMfalseAn ethnomedicinal study in <i>tulo</i> district, west hararghe zone, <i>oromia</i> region, Ethiopia.Traditional medicinal plants used by local <i>Oromo</i> people of <i>Tulo</i> District in west Hararghe, Ethiopia, were investigated before people's medicinal knowledge vanishes. Data on medicinal plants and demography were obtained between November 2019 and October 2020 through semi-structured interviews, group discussion and direct guided onsite observation to elicit information from 376 non-traditional and 20 traditional medicine practitioners. Ethnobotanical indices including informant consensus factor (ICF), preference ranking (PR), fidelity level (FL), relative frequency of citation (RFG) and cultural importance (CI) were employed for the data analysis. Moreover; descriptive statistics, <i>t</i>-test, analysis of variance and linear regression were used to reveal the effects of socio2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Apr2025-04-04T22:59:50.993Z2025-04-04T22:59:50.993ZS-EPMC101065033707767410.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15361