Cestrum
E419005
Cestrum is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their often fragrant, tubular flowers and widespread use as ornamental plants in warm climates.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cestrum canonical | 1 |
| Cestrum aurantiacum | 1 |
| Cestrum elegans | 1 |
| Cestrum nocturnum | 1 |
| Cestrum parqui | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4161908 — 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: Cestrum Context triple: [Solanaceae, includesGenus, Cestrum]
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A.
Lycianthes
Lycianthes is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, comprising shrubs and herbs native mainly to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas and Asia.
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B.
Brugmansia
Brugmansia is a genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their large, pendulous, trumpet-shaped blooms and toxic properties.
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C.
Nyctaginia
Nyctaginia is a small genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, known for species adapted to arid and semi-arid environments.
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D.
Petiveria
Petiveria is a small genus of flowering plants, best known for the species Petiveria alliacea, a pungent herb widely used in traditional medicine and folk practices in the Americas.
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E.
Cissampelos
Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed family.
- 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: Cestrum Target entity description: Cestrum is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their often fragrant, tubular flowers and widespread use as ornamental plants in warm climates.
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A.
Lycianthes
Lycianthes is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, comprising shrubs and herbs native mainly to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas and Asia.
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B.
Brugmansia
Brugmansia is a genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their large, pendulous, trumpet-shaped blooms and toxic properties.
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C.
Nyctaginia
Nyctaginia is a small genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, known for species adapted to arid and semi-arid environments.
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D.
Petiveria
Petiveria is a small genus of flowering plants, best known for the species Petiveria alliacea, a pungent herb widely used in traditional medicine and folk practices in the Americas.
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E.
Cissampelos
Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Asterids NERFINISHED ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
cestrum
ⓘ
jessamine ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
alkaloids
ⓘ
glycosides ⓘ |
| distribution |
widely cultivated in subtropical regions
ⓘ
widely cultivated in tropical regions ⓘ |
| family | Solanaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
purple (in some species)
ⓘ
red (in some species) ⓘ white (in some species) ⓘ yellow (in some species) ⓘ |
| floweringTime | often night-flowering ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed areas
ⓘ
gardens ⓘ |
| hasFlowerCharacteristic | often fragrant ⓘ |
| hasFlowerType | tubular flower ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Cestrum
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cestrum aurantiacum
Cestrum diurnum ONNED1 ⓘ Cestrum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cestrum elegans
Cestrum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestrum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cestrum parqui
|
| invasiveStatus | some species invasive outside native range ⓘ |
| isPerennial | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen in warm climates ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeRegion |
Americas
ⓘ
Neotropical realm ⓘ
surface form:
Neotropics
|
| order | Solanales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination |
insect-pollinated
ⓘ
moth-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by seed
ⓘ
by vegetative cuttings ⓘ |
| toxicity | many species are poisonous ⓘ |
| toxicTo |
humans
ⓘ
livestock ⓘ |
| typicalClimate | warm climates ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| vernacularNameOf |
day-blooming jessamine (for Cestrum diurnum)
ⓘ
night-blooming jessamine (for Cestrum nocturnum) ⓘ |
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: Cestrum Description of subject: Cestrum is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their often fragrant, tubular flowers and widespread use as ornamental plants in warm climates.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cestrum nocturnum
this entity surface form:
Cestrum elegans
this entity surface form:
Cestrum aurantiacum
this entity surface form:
Cestrum parqui