Table 6 Preference ranking of medicinal plants used for treating malaria
Name of species | Respondents (R1–R7) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Score | Rank | |
Calpurnia aurea | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 4th |
Carica papaya | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 5th |
Croton macrostachyus | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 3rd |
Allium sativum | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 1st |
Ocimum basilicum | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6th |
Clerodendrum myricoides | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 2nd |