Meliaceae
E141215
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meliaceae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1197794 — 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: Meliaceae Context triple: [Sapindales, contains, Meliaceae]
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A.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many trees and shrubs such as maples, horse chestnuts, and lychees, known for their economic and ecological importance worldwide.
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B.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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C.
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes economically important species such as mango, cashew, and pistachio.
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D.
Moraceae
Moraceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Rosales that includes figs, mulberries, and breadfruit, many of which are known for their milky latex and economic importance.
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E.
Malvaceae
Malvaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes mallows, hibiscus, cotton, and okra, many of which are important ornamentals and crops.
- 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: Meliaceae Target entity description: Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
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A.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many trees and shrubs such as maples, horse chestnuts, and lychees, known for their economic and ecological importance worldwide.
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B.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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C.
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes economically important species such as mango, cashew, and pistachio.
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D.
Moraceae
Moraceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Rosales that includes figs, mulberries, and breadfruit, many of which are known for their milky latex and economic importance.
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E.
Malvaceae
Malvaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes mallows, hibiscus, cotton, and okra, many of which are important ornamentals and crops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | mahogany family ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
azadirachtin
ⓘ
limonoids ⓘ |
| describedAs | family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| economicUse |
medicinal plants
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ source of insecticidal compounds ⓘ timber production ⓘ |
| flowerType |
bisexual flowers
ⓘ
unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType |
berries
ⓘ
capsules ⓘ drupes ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
woody plants ⓘ |
| hasVernacularGrouping | mahoganies ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Azadirachta
ⓘ
Cedrela ⓘ Khaya ⓘ Melia ⓘ Swietenia ⓘ Toona ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Azadirachta
ⓘ
surface form:
Azadirachta indica
Cedrela ⓘ
surface form:
Cedrela odorata
Melia azedarach ⓘ Swietenia macrophylla ⓘ Swietenia mahagoni ⓘ Toona ⓘ
surface form:
Toona ciliata
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | usually pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| notableMemberCommonName |
mahogany
ⓘ
neem ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| pollination | insects ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| woodUse |
boat building
ⓘ
furniture making ⓘ high-quality hardwood ⓘ |
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: Meliaceae Description of subject: Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.