**2.1 Collection of plant materials and identification**

Plant species collected were organized as complete herbarium specimens and identified as outline by the rules of herbaria. Plant materials were identified


*\* Least cited plants.*

#### **Table 1.**

*Medicinal plant species collected from the survey area with their medicinal values.*

and authenticated by a plant taxonomist in person of Dr. Yusuf Nuhu, from the Department of Plant Biology, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. All identified plants specimens were given vouchers number as outline in (**Table 1**).
