Astragalus
E209710
Astragalus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as milkvetches and often noted for their ecological importance and use in traditional medicine.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Astragalus canonical | 1 |
| Astragalus alpinus | 1 |
| Astragalus bisulcatus | 1 |
| Astragalus cicer | 1 |
| Astragalus membranaceus | 1 |
| Astragalus mongholicus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891605 — 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: Astragalus Context triple: [Faboideae, includesGenus, Astragalus]
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A.
Lupinus
Lupinus is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as lupines, noted for their tall, colorful flower spikes and nitrogen-fixing ability.
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B.
Lupinus angustifolius
Lupinus angustifolius is a species of narrow-leaved lupin widely cultivated as a grain legume for its high-protein seeds and use in animal feed and soil improvement.
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C.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
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D.
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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E.
Lupinus luteus
Lupinus luteus, commonly known as yellow lupin, is a flowering legume species cultivated for its protein-rich seeds and use as a green manure crop.
- 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: Astragalus Target entity description: Astragalus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as milkvetches and often noted for their ecological importance and use in traditional medicine.
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A.
Lupinus
Lupinus is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as lupines, noted for their tall, colorful flower spikes and nitrogen-fixing ability.
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B.
Lupinus angustifolius
Lupinus angustifolius is a species of narrow-leaved lupin widely cultivated as a grain legume for its high-protein seeds and use in animal feed and soil improvement.
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C.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
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D.
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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E.
Lupinus luteus
Lupinus luteus, commonly known as yellow lupin, is a flowering legume species cultivated for its protein-rich seeds and use as a green manure crop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Fabaceae genera ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
locoweeds
ⓘ
milkvetches ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
alkaloids
ⓘ
flavonoids ⓘ polysaccharides ⓘ saponins ⓘ |
| describedAs |
diverse genus of flowering plants
ⓘ
large genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
forage for wildlife
ⓘ
host plants for insects ⓘ nitrogen fixation in ecosystems ⓘ soil stabilization ⓘ |
| family |
Fabaceae
ⓘ
legume family ⓘ |
| flowerType | papilionaceous flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | legume pods ⓘ |
| growthForm |
annual plants
ⓘ
perennial plants ⓘ |
| habitat |
arid regions
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ mountainous areas ⓘ temperate regions ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
herbaceous plants
ⓘ
legume-forming plants ⓘ nitrogen-fixing plants ⓘ some species are shrubs ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Astragalus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Astragalus alpinus
Astragalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Astragalus bisulcatus
Astragalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Astragalus cicer
Astragalus lentiginosus ⓘ Astragalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Astragalus membranaceus
Astragalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Astragalus mongholicus
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Eurasia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Asia
|
| notableRegionOfDiversity |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | flowers ⓘ |
| risk |
some species accumulate selenium
ⓘ
some species are toxic to livestock ⓘ |
| subfamily | Faboideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
adaptogenic purposes in herbalism
ⓘ
cardiovascular support in traditional medicine ⓘ immune support in traditional medicine ⓘ |
| usedIn |
herbal medicine
ⓘ
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: Astragalus Description of subject: Astragalus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the legume family, commonly known as milkvetches and often noted for their ecological importance and use in traditional medicine.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Astragalus membranaceus
this entity surface form:
Astragalus mongholicus
this entity surface form:
Astragalus bisulcatus
this entity surface form:
Astragalus cicer
this entity surface form:
Astragalus alpinus