Sageretia

E123064

plant genus taxon

Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Sageretia canonical	2
Sageretia theezans	2
Sageretia brandrethiana	1
Sageretia filiformis	1
Sageretia hamosa	1
Sageretia lucida	1
Sageretia rugosa	1
Sageretia thea	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682105 — 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: Sageretia
Context triple: [Rhamnaceae, hasMember, Sageretia]

A. Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
B. Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
C. Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
D. Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
E. Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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: Sageretia
Target entity description: Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.

A. Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
B. Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
C. Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
D. Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
E. Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
clade	Magnoliophyta ⓘ surface form: Angiosperms Eudicots ⓘ
family	Rhamnaceae ⓘ
flowerColor	greenish-white ⓘ white ⓘ
fruitColor	black ⓘ purple ⓘ
fruitType	drupe ⓘ
growthForm	shrub ⓘ small tree ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	colorful bark ⓘ evergreen or semi-evergreen foliage ⓘ peeling bark ⓘ small leaves ⓘ spiny or thorny branches in some species ⓘ
hasCommonName	Chinese sweet plum ⓘ mock buckthorn ⓘ
hasSpecies	Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sageretia brandrethiana Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sageretia filiformis Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sageretia hamosa Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sageretia lucida Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sageretia rugosa Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sageretia thea Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sageretia theezans
hasTypeSpecies	Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sageretia theezans
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafUse	tea substitute in some regions ⓘ
namedBy	Jules Émile Planchon ⓘ
nativeTo	Afghanistan ⓘ Arabian Peninsula ⓘ China ⓘ East Asia ⓘ Himalayas ⓘ India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ northeastern Africa ⓘ
order	Rosales ⓘ
preferredClimate	subtropical ⓘ warm temperate ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
tolerates	pruning ⓘ shaping for bonsai ⓘ
usedFor	bonsai ⓘ hedges ⓘ ornamental planting ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhamnaceae → hasMember → Sageretia ⓘ

Sageretia → hasTypeSpecies → Sageretia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sageretia theezans