
Pomegranate Present study was carried out to document plant-based preparations used as abortifacients in the valley districts of Manipur, North eastern India, where Meitei’s are the highest in population among the other communities. Data were collected by interviewing local traditional healers, elderly women, mayoknabee etc., at different places in all the seasons. A total of 22 angiospermic plants belonging to 18 families and 22 genera have been documented. Information on local names, plant parts and different modes of preparations were documented in this present paper.