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Graceful Jesamine
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Graceful Jesamine

Gelsemium elegans

Gelsemium elegans is a poisonous plant of the family Gelsemiaceae found in China and other Asian countries. It contains toxic alkaloids such as gelsemine, gelsenicine, gelsevirine and koumine.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Graceful Jesamine in Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica

李時珍 · 1596 · p.119

Graceful Jesamine in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 23)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 23)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.96

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 707282.