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Table 3 Preference Ranking (PR)

From: Exploring the benefits of wild plants in dietary nutrition: investigating perspectives, choices, health impacts and sustainable practices

Plant name

Diseases

Respondents (R1-R10)

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

Score

Rank

Melia azedarach L.

Skin

3

2

3

2

3

2

3

3

1

3

25

1st

Peganum harmala L.

3

2

3

3

2

2

2

3

2

2

24

2nd

Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones ex Roxb.) Schult.

3

2

2

2

3

1

3

3

3

0

22

3rd

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

3

1

3

1

3

1

3

1

2

2

20

4th

Salvadora oleoides Decne.

0

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

19

5th

Trifolium resupinatum L.

1

2

2

3

1

3

2

1

1

2

18

6th

Heliotropium curassavicum L.

1

2

2

1

2

1

1

1

3

0

14

7th

Asphodelus tenuifloius Cav.

Diuretic

1

2

3

2

2

2

3

3

2

3

23

1st

Digera muricata Mart.

3

2

2

2

3

3

1

1

3

1

21

2nd

Cyperus conglomeratus Rottb.

3

1

1

2

3

2

1

2

2

3

20

3rd

Boerhavia diffusa L.

2

1

3

3

1

1

3

1

2

2

19

4th

Chenopodium album L.

3

3

3

1

1

3

0

0

0

0

14

5th

Salvadora oleoides Decne.

Cough

2

3

2

3

3

2

2

3

2

2

24

1st

Capparis spinosa L.

2

3

2

1

3

2

1

3

2

3

22

2nd

Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand.

3

2

3

2

3

3

1

1

0

2

20

3rd

Heliotropium europaeum L.

3

2

1

1

1

3

2

2

2

2

19

4th

Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones ex Roxb.) Schult.

1

2

1

1

2

3

3

3

1

1

18

5th

Trifolium resupinatum L.

3

1

1

2

3

2

2

1

1

0

16

6th

Malva sylvestris L.

1

2

1

2

1

1

1

2

3

1

15

7th

Glinus lotoides L.

Wound healing

3

2

3

1

2

3

3

1

1

3

22

1st

Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Trin. ex Thwaites

3

1

2

3

2

3

2

2

3

1

22

2nd

Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv.

1

1

2

2

2

3

2

3

2

3

21

3rd

Heliotropium europaeum L.

2

1

1

2

2

2

3

1

2

2

18

4th

Heliotropium curassavicum L.

2

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

2

3

18

5th

Malva sylvestris L.

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

2

1

3

17

6th

Parkinsonia aculeata L.

Inflammation

2

3

2

3

2

2

2

3

1

2

22

1st

Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones ex Roxb.) Schult.

2

3

1

2

2

1

3

2

3

2

21

2nd

Cleome brachycarpa M.Vahl ex Triana & Planchon

1

2

2

1

1

2

2

3

3

1

18

3rd

Glinus lotoides L.

3

1

2

1

1

2

1

2

3

1

17

4th

Melilotus albus Desr.

2

1

2

1

1

3

2

3

0

1

16

5th

Datura metel L.

1

1

2

3

1

3

1

2

0

0

14

6th

Abutilon indicum L. Sweet

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

0

0

12

7th

  1. *Success rate of this plant for treatment 3= high, 2= average, 1=low R1-R8= Respondents