Sesbania
E213134
Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sesbania canonical | 1 |
| Sesbania bispinosa | 1 |
| Sesbania cannabina | 1 |
| Sesbania exaltata | 1 |
| Sesbania grandiflora | 1 |
| Sesbania punicea | 1 |
| Sesbania rostrata | 1 |
| Sesbania sesban | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891615 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sesbania Context triple: [Faboideae, includesGenus, Sesbania]
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A.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
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B.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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C.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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D.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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E.
Mimosa
Mimosa, also known as Beta Crucis, is a bright blue giant star and one of the principal stars forming the Southern Cross constellation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sesbania Target entity description: Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
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A.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
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B.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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C.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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D.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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E.
Mimosa
Mimosa, also known as Beta Crucis, is a bright blue giant star and one of the principal stars forming the Southern Cross constellation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| benefit |
nitrogen enrichment of soils
ⓘ
soil fertility enhancement ⓘ |
| biologicalNitrogenFixation | true ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| describedAs | fast-growing ⓘ |
| economicUse |
green manure crop
ⓘ
livestock feed ⓘ ornamental plant ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| fruitType | legume ⓘ |
| genusOf |
Sesbania bispinosa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sesbania
Sesbania cannabina ⓘ
linked to:
Sesbania
Sesbania exaltata ⓘ
linked to:
Sesbania
Sesbania grandiflora ⓘ
linked to:
Sesbania
Sesbania punicea ⓘ
linked to:
Sesbania
Sesbania rostrata ⓘ
linked to:
Sesbania
Sesbania sesban ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed soils
ⓘ
riverbanks ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
leguminous
ⓘ
nitrogen-fixing ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
small trees ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sesbania sesban
ⓘ
linked to:
Sesbania
|
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| subfamily | Faboideae ⓘ |
| symbiosisWith | rhizobia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agroforestry
ⓘ
erosion control ⓘ fodder ⓘ forage ⓘ green manure ⓘ ornamental purposes ⓘ soil improvement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sesbania Description of subject: Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sesbania