Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) J.St.-Hil. [Gelsemiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carolina jasmine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carolina jessamine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
carolina-jasmine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
evening trumpet flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
evening trumpet-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
evening trumpetflower	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
false jasmine	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gelsemii rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gelsemium	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
gelsemium sempervirens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gelsémium	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
gelsêmio	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
giftjasmin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jasmim amarelo	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
jasmim da virginia	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
woodbine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yellow jasmine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow jessamine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
yellow-jessamine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Root with Rhizome, Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root, rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	tincture, vegetal drug, dry extract, fluid extract, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gelsemium nitidum Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 120 (1803).
Bignonia sempervirens L. Sp. Pl.: 623 (1753).
Gelsemium lucidum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 714 (1812).
Gelsemium nitidum var. inodorum Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 171 (1818).
Jeffersonia sempervirens (L.) Brickell Med. Repos. 1: 555 (1800).
Lisianthius sempervirens Mill. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 486 (1821).
Lisianthius volubilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 137 (1796).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gelsemium nitidum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Gelsemium semepervirens (L.) J. St.-Hil.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Gelsemium sempervirens	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) Aiton	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) Aiton F	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) J. St.-Hil.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) J.St-Hil.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) J.St.-Hil.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) St. Hil.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) W.T. Aiton	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Gelsemium sempervirens Ait.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Gelsemium sempervirens Jaume St.-Hil.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Gelsemium sempervirens St.-Hil.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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