Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) J.St.-Hil.

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN (NY)
PLANTS OF LOUISIANA
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) Aiton	LOG
High climbing twining vine, just past flowering?
young fruits green; roots pale yellow, with a
strong unpleasant odor.
LA, Rapides Parish: common, twining in shrubs
and trees in mixed pine-hardwood forest along
Turkey Creek-Glenmora Road ca 1 mi NW of Turkey
Creek (town).
Phytochemical voucher for Merck & Co. study of
root compounds.
Karl A. Vincent &
Charlotte A. LabbT 4390
15 Apr 1987
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