Mandragora
E416640
Mandragora is a small genus of often toxic, folklore-famous flowering plants known as mandrakes, traditionally associated with magical and medicinal uses.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mandragora officinarum | 2 |
| Mandragora canonical | 1 |
| Mandragora autumnalis | 1 |
| Mandragora caulescens | 1 |
| Mandragora chinghaiensis | 1 |
| Mandragora turcomanica | 1 |
| Mandrake | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
love potions
ⓘ
magic ⓘ protective charms ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| caution | potentially lethal in high doses ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | mandrakes ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
atropine
ⓘ
hyoscyamine ⓘ scopolamine ⓘ tropane alkaloids ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor |
esoteric and occult use
ⓘ
ornamental purposes ⓘ |
| family | Solanaceae ⓘ |
| fruitColor |
orange
ⓘ
yellow ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
anticholinergic
ⓘ
hallucinogenic ⓘ sedative ⓘ |
| hasFlowerColor |
greenish-white
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| hasFlowerType | solitary flowers ⓘ |
| hasFruitType | berry ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm | perennial herb ⓘ |
| hasLeafArrangement | basal rosette ⓘ |
| hasRootType | thick taproot ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Mandragora
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mandragora autumnalis
Mandragora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mandragora caulescens
Mandragora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mandragora chinghaiensis
Mandragora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mandragora officinarum
Mandragora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mandragora turcomanica
|
| isFamousIn |
European folklore
ⓘ
Middle Eastern folklore ⓘ |
| isToxic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
ancient medical texts
ⓘ
medieval herbals ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Himalayan region
ⓘ
Mediterranean region ⓘ Middle East ⓘ |
| order | Solanales ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
magical practices
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ 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: Mandragora Description of subject: Mandragora is a small genus of often toxic, folklore-famous flowering plants known as mandrakes, traditionally associated with magical and medicinal uses.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mandragora officinarum
this entity surface form:
Mandrake
this entity surface form:
Mandragora officinarum
this entity surface form:
Mandragora autumnalis
this entity surface form:
Mandragora turcomanica
this entity surface form:
Mandragora caulescens
this entity surface form:
Mandragora chinghaiensis