Indigofera
E209715
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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indigofera tinctoria | 2 |
| Indigofera canonical | 1 |
| Indigofera arrecta | 1 |
| Indigofera astragalina | 1 |
| Indigofera enneaphylla | 1 |
| Indigofera heterantha | 1 |
| Indigofera linnaei | 1 |
| Indigofera spicata | 1 |
| Indigofera suffruticosa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891616 — 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: Indigofera Context triple: [Faboideae, includesGenus, Indigofera]
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A.
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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B.
Althaea
Althaea is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Meleager and queen of Calydon.
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C.
Senecio
Senecio is a famous 1922 abstract painting by Paul Klee depicting a stylized, mask-like human face composed of geometric shapes and bold colors.
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D.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
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E.
Aphananthe
Aphananthe is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs known for their hard wood and occurrence in warm temperate to tropical regions.
- 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: Indigofera Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Althaea
Althaea is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Meleager and queen of Calydon.
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C.
Senecio
Senecio is a famous 1922 abstract painting by Paul Klee depicting a stylized, mask-like human face composed of geometric shapes and bold colors.
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D.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
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E.
Aphananthe
Aphananthe is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs known for their hard wood and occurrence in warm temperate to tropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | indigo ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Indigofera
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera arrecta
Indigofera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera astragalina
Indigofera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera enneaphylla
Indigofera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera heterantha
Indigofera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera linnaei
Indigofera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera spicata
Indigofera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera suffruticosa
Indigofera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera tinctoria
|
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| dyeComponent |
indican
ⓘ
indigotin ⓘ |
| economicUse |
forage plants
ⓘ
green manure ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ source of indigo dye ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ red ⓘ |
| fruitType | legume pod ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| isA |
flowering plant genus
ⓘ
legume genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| knownFor |
nitrogen fixation
ⓘ
production of natural indigo dye ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| nitrogenFixation | symbiosis with rhizobia ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisType | C3 ⓘ |
| subfamily | Faboideae ⓘ |
| taxonAbbreviation | L. ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| tribe | Indigofereae ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Indigofera
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Indigofera tinctoria
|
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: Indigofera Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Indigofera tinctoria
this entity surface form:
Indigofera tinctoria
this entity surface form:
Indigofera suffruticosa
this entity surface form:
Indigofera arrecta
this entity surface form:
Indigofera heterantha
this entity surface form:
Indigofera astragalina
this entity surface form:
Indigofera spicata
this entity surface form:
Indigofera enneaphylla
this entity surface form:
Indigofera linnaei