Nandina
E381573
Nandina is a small, ornamental evergreen shrub, often called heavenly bamboo, valued for its colorful foliage and bright red berries in gardens and landscapes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nandina canonical | 1 |
| Nandina domestica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724734 — 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: Nandina Context triple: [Berberidaceae, includesGenus, Nandina]
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A.
Photinia
Photinia is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly grown as ornamental hedges for their glossy foliage and bright red new leaves.
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B.
Plumeret
Plumeret was an architect known for designing the iconic Parisian music hall Folies Bergère.
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C.
Sciadopitys
Sciadopitys is a unique, ancient conifer genus best known for the Japanese umbrella pine, a slow-growing ornamental tree endemic to Japan.
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D.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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E.
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
- 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: Nandina Target entity description: Nandina is a small, ornamental evergreen shrub, often called heavenly bamboo, valued for its colorful foliage and bright red berries in gardens and landscapes.
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A.
Photinia
Photinia is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly grown as ornamental hedges for their glossy foliage and bright red new leaves.
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B.
Plumeret
Plumeret was an architect known for designing the iconic Parisian music hall Folies Bergère.
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C.
Sciadopitys
Sciadopitys is a unique, ancient conifer genus best known for the Japanese umbrella pine, a slow-growing ornamental tree endemic to Japan.
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D.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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E.
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ornamental shrub
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ |
| commonName | heavenly bamboo ⓘ |
| containsCompound | cyanogenic glycosides ⓘ |
| family | Berberidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | late spring to early summer ⓘ |
| foliageColor |
bronze
ⓘ
green ⓘ red ⓘ |
| foliageSeasonalChange | leaves often turn red or purple in cold weather ⓘ |
| fruitColor | bright red ⓘ |
| fruitingSeason | autumn to winter ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm | shrub ⓘ |
| hardiness | generally hardy in USDA zones 6–9 ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| invasiveStatus | invasive in parts of the southeastern United States ⓘ |
| isEvergreen | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| landscapeUse |
accent plant
ⓘ
container plant ⓘ foundation planting ⓘ hedge ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen to semi-evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | compound ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ India ⓘ Japan ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
cuttings
ⓘ
seed ⓘ suckers ⓘ |
| pruningRequirement | light to moderate pruning ⓘ |
| similarTo | bamboo in appearance but not botanically related ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
full sun
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| toxicityToAnimals |
potentially toxic to pets if ingested
ⓘ
toxic to some birds ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Nandina
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nandina domestica
|
| typicalHeight | 1–2 meters ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
bright red berries
ⓘ
colorful foliage ⓘ ornamental use in gardens and landscapes ⓘ |
| waterRequirement | moderate ⓘ |
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: Nandina Description of subject: Nandina is a small, ornamental evergreen shrub, often called heavenly bamboo, valued for its colorful foliage and bright red berries in gardens and landscapes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nandina domestica