ABSTRACT
Study of ethnobotany assumes great importance in enhancing our knowledge about the plants grown and used by the native/ethnic and the tribal communities, the diversity produced and assembled by them through generations of informal training for their own sustenance and different traditional technologies, means and methods adopted by them for conservation of that plant diversity. Herbs used by various Tribal communities in India are rich 544source of providing herbal contraceptives. These herbs are being evaluated scientifically also to develop safe contraceptives. Herbs having antifertility effect have been compiled in this review.
