In House Training on Preparation of Herbarium Voucher Specimens

Herbarium voucher specimens are preserved plant specimens that serve as a verifiable and permanent record of species for scientific purposes. In this training, the participants were exposed to the procedures of preparing the voucher specimens as part of the required skills. The training was conducted in three parts as follows:

1. Sample collection (30 August 2022)
2. Pressing the samples (1 September 2022)
3. Mounting and labelling (13 September 2022)

Vouchers of 21 plant species of the forest were managed to be prepared and deposited at the Herbarium, Kulliyyah of Pharmacy.