Tinospora
E321005
Tinospora is a genus of climbing shrubs known for their medicinally used stems and widespread occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tinospora cordifolia | 3 |
| Tinospora canonical | 1 |
| Tinospora bakis | 1 |
| Tinospora cordifolia var. crispa | 1 |
| Tinospora crispa | 1 |
| Tinospora rumphii | 1 |
| Tinospora sagittata | 1 |
| Tinospora sinensis | 1 |
| Tinospora smilacina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3042708 — 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: Tinospora Context triple: [Menispermaceae, containsGenus, Tinospora]
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A.
Millettia
Millettia is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family, known for its woody climbers and trees often valued for timber, ornament, and traditional uses.
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B.
Indigofera
Indigofera is a large genus of flowering legumes best known for species that produce natural indigo dye and are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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C.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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D.
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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E.
Banaba
Banaba is a raised coral island in the Pacific Ocean that is part of the Republic of Kiribati and is known for its rich phosphate deposits and dramatic environmental history.
- 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: Tinospora Target entity description: Tinospora is a genus of climbing shrubs known for their medicinally used stems and widespread occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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A.
Millettia
Millettia is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family, known for its woody climbers and trees often valued for timber, ornament, and traditional uses.
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B.
Indigofera
Indigofera is a large genus of flowering legumes best known for species that produce natural indigo dye and are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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C.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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D.
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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E.
Banaba
Banaba is a raised coral island in the Pacific Ocean that is part of the Republic of Kiribati and is known for its rich phosphate deposits and dramatic environmental history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Ranunculales ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
alkaloids
ⓘ
diterpenoid lactones ⓘ glycosides ⓘ steroids ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of climbing shrubs ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Pacific islands ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Islands
|
| economicUse | medicinal plants ⓘ |
| family | Menispermaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm | liana ⓘ |
| habitat |
secondary forests
ⓘ
thickets ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Tinospora bakis
ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
Tinospora cordifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
Tinospora cordifolia var. crispa ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
Tinospora crispa ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
Tinospora rumphii ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
Tinospora sagittata ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
Tinospora sinensis ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
Tinospora smilacina ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm | climbing shrub ⓘ |
| medicinalPart | stem ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesForMedicine |
Tinospora cordifolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Tinospora
|
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | dioecious ⓘ |
| stemCharacteristic |
fleshy stem
ⓘ
succulent stem ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor |
Lamarck
ⓘ
linked to:
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
|
| taxonomicRank | 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
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: Tinospora Description of subject: Tinospora is a genus of climbing shrubs known for their medicinally used stems and widespread occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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