Rauvolfia
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Rauvolfia is a genus of flowering plants known for species that produce medically important alkaloids, including the antihypertensive drug source Rauvolfia serpentina.
All labels observed (1)
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| Rauvolfia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12166224 — 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: Rauvolfia Context triple: [Apocynaceae, notableGenus, Rauvolfia]
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A.
Quassia
Quassia is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their intensely bitter compounds, which are used in traditional medicine and as natural insecticides.
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B.
Cocculus carolinus
Cocculus carolinus is a woody climbing vine native to the southeastern United States, known for its bright red berries and use as an ornamental plant.
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C.
Withania
Withania is a small genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, best known for species like Withania somnifera (ashwagandha), which is widely used in traditional medicine.
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D.
Peganum harmala
Peganum harmala, commonly known as Syrian rue, is a perennial flowering plant valued for its psychoactive and medicinal alkaloids and traditional use in rituals and folk medicine across the Middle East and Central Asia.
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E.
Tinospora
Tinospora is a genus of climbing shrubs known for their medicinally used stems and widespread occurrence in tropical and subtropical 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: Rauvolfia Target entity description: Rauvolfia is a genus of flowering plants known for species that produce medically important alkaloids, including the antihypertensive drug source Rauvolfia serpentina.
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A.
Quassia
Quassia is a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their intensely bitter compounds, which are used in traditional medicine and as natural insecticides.
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B.
Cocculus carolinus
Cocculus carolinus is a woody climbing vine native to the southeastern United States, known for its bright red berries and use as an ornamental plant.
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C.
Withania
Withania is a small genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, best known for species like Withania somnifera (ashwagandha), which is widely used in traditional medicine.
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D.
Peganum harmala
Peganum harmala, commonly known as Syrian rue, is a perennial flowering plant valued for its psychoactive and medicinal alkaloids and traditional use in rituals and folk medicine across the Middle East and Central Asia.
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E.
Tinospora
Tinospora is a genus of climbing shrubs known for their medicinally used stems and widespread occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.