Table 1 Macroscopy of Costus afer and Palisota hirsuta

Condition

Whole leaf

Whole leaf

Composition

Simple leaf

Simple leaf

Shape

Lanceolate

Lanceolate

Margin

Entire

Entire

Apex

Acuminate

Acuminate

Base

Truncate

Symmetrical base

Surface

Glabrous

Pubescent

Petiole

Exstipulate

Exstipulate

Leaf width

6.4 ± 0.4 cm

7.95 ± 1.13 cm

Leaf length

19. 5 ± 2.04 cm

31.9 ± 4.45 cm

Petiole length

0.7 ± 0.25 cm

3.7 ± 1.09 cm