Mucuna pruriens
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Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume plant known for its seeds that naturally contain high levels of L-DOPA and are used in traditional and modern treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mucuna pruriens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9524789 — 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: Mucuna pruriens Context triple: [levodopa, foundIn, Mucuna pruriens]
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A.
Sesbania
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Cocculus carolinus
Cocculus carolinus is a woody climbing vine native to the southeastern United States, known for its bright red berries and use as an ornamental plant.
- 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: Mucuna pruriens Target entity description: Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume plant known for its seeds that naturally contain high levels of L-DOPA and are used in traditional and modern treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions.
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A.
Sesbania
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Cocculus carolinus
Cocculus carolinus is a woody climbing vine native to the southeastern United States, known for its bright red berries and use as an ornamental plant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legume
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ |
| adverseEffect |
gastrointestinal discomfort
ⓘ
hallucinations ⓘ hypotension ⓘ nausea ⓘ |
| agriculturalBenefit |
nitrogen fixation
ⓘ
weed suppression ⓘ |
| agriculturalUse |
cover crop
ⓘ
green manure ⓘ |
| climatePreference |
subtropical
ⓘ
tropical ⓘ |
| commonName |
cowhage
ⓘ
cowitch ⓘ kapikacchu ⓘ velvet bean ⓘ |
| contains | pruritic hairs on pods ⓘ |
| cultivatedIn |
Brazil
ⓘ
India ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| effectOfPodHairs | intense itching on contact with skin ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
purple
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| genus | Mucuna ⓘ |
| growthForm | climbing vine ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| L-DOPAContent | high ⓘ |
| leafType | trifoliate leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
tropical Africa ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| partUsed |
leaves
ⓘ
pods ⓘ roots ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| pharmacologicalEffect |
anti-parkinsonian
ⓘ
antioxidant ⓘ dopaminergic ⓘ neuroprotective ⓘ |
| produces |
pods
ⓘ
seeds ⓘ |
| pruriticAgent | mucunain ⓘ |
| seedConstituent |
L-DOPA
ⓘ
linked to:
levodopa
alkaloids ⓘ saponins ⓘ tannins ⓘ tryptamines ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| traditionalPreparation |
decoctions
ⓘ
extracts ⓘ powdered seeds ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Parkinson's disease
ⓘ
aphrodisiac purposes ⓘ male infertility ⓘ neurological disorders ⓘ traditional Ayurvedic medicine ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Unani medicine
ⓘ
linked to:
Unani
traditional African 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: Mucuna pruriens Description of subject: Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume plant known for its seeds that naturally contain high levels of L-DOPA and are used in traditional and modern treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.