Melastoma
E1039647
Melastoma is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their showy, often purple or pink blooms and widespread distribution in tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melastoma canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13396079 — 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: Melastoma Context triple: [Melastomataceae, notableGenus, Melastoma]
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A.
Cyphostemma
Cyphostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the grape family known for its often succulent, caudiciform species native mainly to Africa and Madagascar.
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B.
Calamonastes
Calamonastes is a small genus of African warbler-like birds known for their inconspicuous plumage and preference for dry, scrubby habitats.
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C.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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D.
Acastus
Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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E.
Jacquemontia
Jacquemontia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, known for its twining or trailing vines with attractive, often blue or purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
- 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: Melastoma Target entity description: Melastoma is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their showy, often purple or pink blooms and widespread distribution in tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific.
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A.
Cyphostemma
Cyphostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the grape family known for its often succulent, caudiciform species native mainly to Africa and Madagascar.
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B.
Calamonastes
Calamonastes is a small genus of African warbler-like birds known for their inconspicuous plumage and preference for dry, scrubby habitats.
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C.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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D.
Acastus
Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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E.
Jacquemontia
Jacquemontia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, known for its twining or trailing vines with attractive, often blue or purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | angiosperms ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | botanical literature of the 18th century ⓘ |
| dispersalMethod | animal-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| distributionCharacteristic | widespread in tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | pioneer species in disturbed habitats ⓘ |
| family | Melastomataceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| flowerType | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| foundIn |
East Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like fruit ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed sites
ⓘ
secondary vegetation ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | showy flowers ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | melastome ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName |
Chinese: 野牡丹
ⓘ
Malay/Indonesian: senduduk ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies | Melastoma malabathricum, a widespread Asian shrub ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Melastoma affine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Melastoma candidum NERFINISHED ⓘ Melastoma malabathricum NERFINISHED ⓘ Melastoma sanguineum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Pacific region
ⓘ
subtropical Asia ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| usedFor | ornamental planting ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional medicine (some species) ⓘ |
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: Melastoma Description of subject: Melastoma is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their showy, often purple or pink blooms and widespread distribution in tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.