Cissampelos
E321004
Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed family.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cissampelos canonical | 1 |
| Cissampelos mucronata | 1 |
| Cissampelos owariensis | 1 |
| Cissampelos pareira | 1 |
| Cocculus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3042707 — 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: Cissampelos Context triple: [Menispermaceae, containsGenus, Cissampelos]
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A.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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B.
Phytolacca
Phytolacca is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as pokeweeds, recognized for their often toxic berries and use in traditional medicine and dyes.
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C.
Boerhavia
Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
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D.
Nyctaginia
Nyctaginia is a small genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, known for species adapted to arid and semi-arid environments.
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E.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
- 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: Cissampelos Target entity description: Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed family.
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A.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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B.
Phytolacca
Phytolacca is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as pokeweeds, recognized for their often toxic berries and use in traditional medicine and dyes.
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C.
Boerhavia
Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
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D.
Nyctaginia
Nyctaginia is a small genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, known for species adapted to arid and semi-arid environments.
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E.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | moonseed family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Core eudicots ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | moonseed vines ⓘ |
| describedIn | botanical literature of the 18th century ⓘ |
| family | Menispermaceae ⓘ |
| growthForm |
climbing plant
ⓘ
twining vine ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest margins
ⓘ
thickets ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ |
| hasFlower | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Cissampelos capensis
ⓘ
Cissampelos mucronata ⓘ
linked to:
Cissampelos
Cissampelos owariensis ⓘ
linked to:
Cissampelos
Cissampelos pareira ⓘ
linked to:
Cissampelos
|
| hasStemType | climbing stem ⓘ |
| hasUse |
anti-inflammatory preparations (traditional)
ⓘ
antipyretic preparations (traditional) ⓘ diuretic preparations (traditional) ⓘ |
| is | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| organismType | vascular plant ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor | traditional medicine ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Cissampelos Description of subject: Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed family.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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