The illegal wildlife trade is one of the key threats to species survival and its regulation and monitoring are dependent on accurate species identification. Plants are particularly difficult to identify which is aggravated when trade parts like stems, roots, etc. are dried and processed. Species identification is key to monitoring, detecting, and regulating wildlife trade but frontline officials and key stakeholders often lack this skill. The limited capacity of enforcement officials to identify plant parts in the trade is reflected in some literature and there are some attempts to address them. However, most of the available studies around plant identification focus on morphology so are the identification guides. There are also some attempts from management authorities, e.g., the identification guides for orchids developed to train border inspectors in Thailand and a mobile application, ROUTES developed to facilitate trade detection of wild animals in Nepal. These attempts are commendable but inadequate. Also, there are no assessments of the intervention and capacity of frontline officers to identify species.