Podophyllum
E381574
Podophyllum is a small genus of herbaceous, rhizomatous plants known for their umbrella-like leaves and production of podophyllotoxin, a compound used in anticancer and antiviral drugs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Podophyllum canonical | 1 |
| Podophyllum hexandrum | 1 |
| Podophyllum peltatum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724735 — 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: Podophyllum Context triple: [Berberidaceae, includesGenus, Podophyllum]
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A.
Phytolacca
Phytolacca is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as pokeweeds, recognized for their often toxic berries and use in traditional medicine and dyes.
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B.
Taxus
Taxus is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs, commonly known as yews, valued for their ornamental use and as a source of the anti-cancer compound paclitaxel.
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C.
Stephania tetrandra
Stephania tetrandra is a climbing plant species in the moonseed family known for its traditional use in Chinese medicine, particularly for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
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D.
Menispermum
Menispermum is a small genus of twining, woody vines commonly known as moonseeds, noted for their crescent-shaped seeds and often toxic properties.
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E.
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.
- 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: Podophyllum Target entity description: Podophyllum is a small genus of herbaceous, rhizomatous plants known for their umbrella-like leaves and production of podophyllotoxin, a compound used in anticancer and antiviral drugs.
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A.
Phytolacca
Phytolacca is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as pokeweeds, recognized for their often toxic berries and use in traditional medicine and dyes.
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B.
Taxus
Taxus is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs, commonly known as yews, valued for their ornamental use and as a source of the anti-cancer compound paclitaxel.
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C.
Stephania tetrandra
Stephania tetrandra is a climbing plant species in the moonseed family known for its traditional use in Chinese medicine, particularly for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
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D.
Menispermum
Menispermum is a small genus of twining, woody vines commonly known as moonseeds, noted for their crescent-shaped seeds and often toxic properties.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| commonName | mayapples ⓘ |
| containsToxicCompound | podophyllotoxin ⓘ |
| describedAs | small genus ⓘ |
| dispersal | animal-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | understory plant ⓘ |
| economicImportance | source of pharmaceutical precursors ⓘ |
| family | Berberidaceae ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | spring ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like fruit ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
deciduous forests
ⓘ
moist woodland ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Podophyllum
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Podophyllum hexandrum
Podophyllum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Podophyllum peltatum
|
| hasStructure | rhizome ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | peltate ⓘ |
| leafMorphology | umbrella-like leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| medicalUseOfCompounds |
anticancer drugs
ⓘ
antiviral drugs ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Asia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| partUsedForExtraction |
rhizomes
ⓘ
roots ⓘ |
| pharmaceuticalDerivative |
etoposide precursor
ⓘ
teniposide precursor ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| producesCompound |
lignans
ⓘ
podophyllotoxin ⓘ |
| reproduction |
rhizome division
ⓘ
seed production ⓘ |
| requires |
partial shade
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| soilPreference | humus-rich soil ⓘ |
| toxicTo |
humans
ⓘ
livestock ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ornamental planting
ⓘ
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: Podophyllum Description of subject: Podophyllum is a small genus of herbaceous, rhizomatous plants known for their umbrella-like leaves and production of podophyllotoxin, a compound used in anticancer and antiviral drugs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Podophyllum peltatum
this entity surface form:
Podophyllum hexandrum