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Gelsemium elegans

Botanic Family

Gelsemiaceae

Author

(Gardner & Champion) Bentham

Propagation

C.S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hong Kong
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Assam - India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• N. Myanmar
• N. Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Scrubby forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• May-Nov (China) Jun-Aug
• Nov
• Dec (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Jul
• Nov (Malesia)

Twining vine, shrub or woody liana with glabrous stems, glabrous leaves 120mm x 55mm. Terminal and axillary glabrous thyrses or corymbs with bracts 4mm long, of 20mm white, yellow to orange flowers with red spots in throat, 5 sepals 3.5mm x 1.75mm, 5 glabrous petals, corolla to 15mm long, tube 9mm long, lobes 4mm long, fruit a coriaceous glabrous capsule to 14mm long x 8mm

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• FOC
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• IFV