Vigna

E209716

genus taxon

Vigna is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family that includes several important food crops such as cowpeas and mung beans.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Bambara groundnut	1
Vigna canonical	1
Vigna aconitifolia	1
Vigna angularis	1
Vigna mungo	1
Vigna radiata	1
Vigna subterranea	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891621 — 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: Vigna
Context triple: [Faboideae, includesGenus, Vigna]

A. Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
B. Cowpe
Cowpe is a small village in Lancashire, England, situated in the Rossendale Valley and known for its rural setting and former textile industry.
C. Gamosa
Gamosa is a traditional Assamese handwoven cotton cloth, typically white with red borders and motifs, symbolizing respect, cultural identity, and social bonding in Assam.
D. Menua
Menua was a prominent king of the ancient kingdom of Urartu, known for expanding its territory and developing extensive irrigation and fortification projects.
E. Tebu
Tebu is a Saharan ethnic group and language community primarily inhabiting parts of southern Libya, Chad, and Niger.
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: Vigna
Target entity description: Vigna is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family that includes several important food crops such as cowpeas and mung beans.

A. Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
B. Cowpe
Cowpe is a small village in Lancashire, England, situated in the Rossendale Valley and known for its rural setting and former textile industry.
C. Gamosa
Gamosa is a traditional Assamese handwoven cotton cloth, typically white with red borders and motifs, symbolizing respect, cultural identity, and social bonding in Assam.
D. Menua
Menua was a prominent king of the ancient kingdom of Urartu, known for expanding its territory and developing extensive irrigation and fortification projects.
E. Tebu
Tebu is a Saharan ethnic group and language community primarily inhabiting parts of southern Libya, Chad, and Niger.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
belongsTo	legume family ⓘ
clade	Magnoliophyta ⓘ surface form: Angiosperms Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ
commonName	vigna ⓘ
containsSpecies	Vigna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vigna aconitifolia Vigna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vigna angularis Vigna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vigna mungo Vigna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vigna radiata Vigna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vigna subterranea Vigna unguiculata ⓘ
cultivatedFor	drought tolerance in some species ⓘ protein-rich seeds ⓘ
distribution	subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ
economicImportance	important food crops ⓘ important pulse crops ⓘ
family	Fabaceae ⓘ
flowerType	papilionaceous ⓘ
growthForm	climbing vines ⓘ herbaceous plants ⓘ
includesCrop	Vigna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bambara groundnut adzuki bean ⓘ black gram ⓘ cowpea ⓘ moth bean ⓘ mung bean ⓘ
isA	flowering plant genus ⓘ legume genus ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
namedAfter	Domenico Vigna ⓘ
nativeTo	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ
nitrogenFixation	true ⓘ
order	Fabales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway	C3 ⓘ
pollination	insect-pollinated ⓘ
reproduction	by seeds ⓘ
seedType	edible seeds ⓘ
subfamily	Faboideae ⓘ
symbiosisWith	rhizobia ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
tribe	Phaseoleae ⓘ
usedFor	cover crop ⓘ forage ⓘ green manure ⓘ human food ⓘ