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{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Gelsemium sempervirens&&Gelsemium nitidum&&Gelsemium lucidum
|family=Loganiaceae
|nameE=Yellow Jasmin&&Wild Woodbine&&Caroline Jasmin
|habitat=Southern States of Atlantic North America&&Mexico&&
|partUsed=Radix Gelsemii semperivrentis
|constituent=methyl-aesculin, resinous matter, fixed oil, gelsemine (alkaloid), gelseminic acid, gelseminine, essential oil, resin, gum, starch, 
|action=antispasmodic, sudorific, sedative, anodyne, febrifuge, nervine (it is a nerve-tonic of great power), antiperiodic, toxic. - P. S. This plant is not a true Jasmin
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