Parkinsonia aculeata
E132912
Parkinsonia aculeata is a thorny, drought-tolerant flowering tree or shrub native to the Americas, often used as an ornamental plant in arid and semi-arid regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parkinsonia aculeata canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1141095 — 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: Parkinsonia aculeata Context triple: [Palo verde, hasScientificName, Parkinsonia aculeata]
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A.
Parkinsonia microphylla
Parkinsonia microphylla is a small, drought-tolerant desert tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its green bark, tiny leaves, and bright yellow spring flowers.
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B.
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia florida is a small, drought-tolerant desert tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its green bark and profuse yellow spring blossoms.
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C.
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.
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D.
Fouquieria splendens
Fouquieria splendens, commonly known as ocotillo, is a spiny, drought-tolerant desert shrub native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, noted for its tall cane-like stems and bright red tubular flowers.
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E.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
- 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: Parkinsonia aculeata Target entity description: Parkinsonia aculeata is a thorny, drought-tolerant flowering tree or shrub native to the Americas, often used as an ornamental plant in arid and semi-arid regions.
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A.
Parkinsonia microphylla
Parkinsonia microphylla is a small, drought-tolerant desert tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its green bark, tiny leaves, and bright yellow spring flowers.
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B.
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia florida is a small, drought-tolerant desert tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its green bark and profuse yellow spring blossoms.
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C.
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.
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D.
Fouquieria splendens
Fouquieria splendens, commonly known as ocotillo, is a spiny, drought-tolerant desert shrub native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, noted for its tall cane-like stems and bright red tubular flowers.
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E.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant
ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ plant species ⓘ shrub ⓘ tree ⓘ |
| authority |
Carl Linnaeus
ⓘ
surface form:
Linnaeus
|
| binomialName | Parkinsonia aculeata self-link ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
Jerusalem thorn
ⓘ
Palo verde ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican palo verde
horsebean ⓘ retama ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
biological control agents
ⓘ
chemical control ⓘ mechanical removal ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| droughtTolerance | high ⓘ |
| ecologicalImpact |
displaces native vegetation
ⓘ
forms dense thickets ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerCharacteristic | fragrant flowers ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| fruitType | legume ⓘ |
| genus | Parkinsonia ⓘ |
| growthForm |
deciduous shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
arid regions
ⓘ
semi-arid regions ⓘ |
| hasThorns | true ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | raceme ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | drought-deciduous ⓘ |
| leafType | bipinnate leaves ⓘ |
| maximumHeight | 10 m ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| seedDispersal |
animal-dispersed seeds
ⓘ
water-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soils ⓘ |
| subfamily | Caesalpinioideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| thornLocation | at nodes on branches ⓘ |
| tolerates |
high temperatures
ⓘ
periodic flooding ⓘ saline conditions ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 2–8 m ⓘ |
| uses |
hedge plant
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ shade tree ⓘ |
| weedStatus | declared weed in Australia ⓘ |
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: Parkinsonia aculeata Description of subject: Parkinsonia aculeata is a thorny, drought-tolerant flowering tree or shrub native to the Americas, often used as an ornamental plant in arid and semi-arid regions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.