• It is aimed at the collation, documentation, preservation and maintenance of botanical samples collected from different localities and ecology, at various seasons for proper plants identification, taxonomy, floristic work and others. Presently, this is the only Dedicated Medicinal, Aromatic and Pesticidal plants herbarium in the country. The project was design to receive and store specimen from ethno-surveys and also digitally contain essential information.
  •  Achievement
  • It presently holds 3267 physical voucher specimens and 2650 digitalized voucher specimen leading to improved identification and utilization of medicinal plants for development and promotion of traditional medicine.
  • Work is on-going to link this herbarium to Kew Garden, London when fully digitalized with procurement and installation of a Server & database management software.
  • Developed Medicinal plant of Nigeria database (a virtual Herbarium) to ease research and development in Nigeria and globally