| Family Name | Gelsemiaceae |
| Scientific name | Gelsemium sempervirens |
| Common name | / |
| Growth habit | It can grow to 3–6 m high when given suitable climbing support in trees, with thin stems. The leaves are evergreen, lanceolate, 5–10 cm long and 1-1.5 cm broad, and lustrous, dark green. The flowers are borne in clusters, the individual flowers yellow, sometimes with an orange center, trumpet-shaped, 3 cm long and 2.5–3 cm broad. Its flowers are strongly scented and produce nectar that attracts a range of pollinators |
| Leaf | shining and evergreen lanceolate leaves |
| Flower | very fragrant yellow flowers, which during its flowering season |
| Fruit | composed of two separable, jointed pods containing numerous, flat-winged seeds. |
| More to learn | All parts of this plant contain the toxic strychnine-related alkaloids gelsemine and gelseminine and should not be consumed. |
| Properties | Historically Gelsemium sempervirens was used as a topical to treat papulous eruptions. It was also used to treat measles, neuralgic otalgia, tonsillitis, esophagitis, dysmenorrhea, muscular rheumatism, headaches. |
| Treats | papulous eruptions. It was also used to treat measles, neuralgic otalgia, tonsillitis, esophagitis, dysmenorrhea, muscular rheumatism, headaches. |
| Reference | intro treatment uses |