Frangula
E86146
Frangula is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as buckthorns, found in temperate regions and valued for their ecological and medicinal properties.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frangula canonical | 3 |
| Frangula alnus | 2 |
| Frangula azorica | 1 |
| Frangula betulifolia | 1 |
| Frangula caroliniana | 1 |
| Frangula crenata | 1 |
| Frangula micrantha | 1 |
| Frangula oreodendron | 1 |
| Frangula purshiana | 1 |
| Frangula rupestris | 1 |
| Frangula sphaerosperma | 1 |
| Frangula swidaefolia | 1 |
| Frangula viridis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682097 — 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: Frangula Context triple: [Rhamnaceae, hasMember, Frangula]
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A.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
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B.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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C.
Mespilus
Mespilus is a small genus of deciduous fruit-bearing trees or shrubs in the rose family, best known for the common medlar cultivated for its distinctive, late-ripening fruit.
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D.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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E.
Myrtilus
Myrtilus is a figure in Greek mythology, the charioteer of King Oenomaus whose betrayal and subsequent curse play a key role in the tragic saga of Pelops and the House of Atreus.
- 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: Frangula Target entity description: Frangula is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as buckthorns, found in temperate regions and valued for their ecological and medicinal properties.
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A.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
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B.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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C.
Mespilus
Mespilus is a small genus of deciduous fruit-bearing trees or shrubs in the rose family, best known for the common medlar cultivated for its distinctive, late-ripening fruit.
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D.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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E.
Myrtilus
Myrtilus is a figure in Greek mythology, the charioteer of King Oenomaus whose betrayal and subsequent curse play a key role in the tragic saga of Pelops and the House of Atreus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | buckthorns ⓘ |
| contains | anthraquinone glycosides ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of flowering shrubs and small trees ⓘ |
| distribution |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
food source for birds
ⓘ
food source for insects ⓘ understory shrub ⓘ |
| etymologyNote | name refers to brittle wood ⓘ |
| family | Rhamnaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest edges
ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Frangula alnus
ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula azorica ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula betulifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula californica ⓘ Frangula caroliniana ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula crenata ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula micrantha ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula oreodendron ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula purshiana ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula rodriguesiana ⓘ Frangula rubra ⓘ Frangula rupestris ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula sphaerosperma ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula swidaefolia ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
Frangula viridis ⓘ
linked to:
Frangula
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Latin word "frangere" ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | flowering plant ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor | laxative preparations ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
ecological properties
ⓘ
medicinal properties ⓘ |
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: Frangula Description of subject: Frangula is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as buckthorns, found in temperate regions and valued for their ecological and medicinal properties.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Frangula