Koelreuteria
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Koelreuteria is a small genus of ornamental flowering trees, commonly known as goldenrain trees, valued for their showy yellow blossoms and decorative papery seed pods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koelreuteria canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6205080 — 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: Koelreuteria Context triple: [Sapindaceae, containsGenus, Koelreuteria]
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A.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
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B.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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C.
Lagerstroemia fauriei
Lagerstroemia fauriei is a species of crape myrtle tree native to East Asia, valued in horticulture for its attractive bark, flowers, and use in breeding ornamental cultivars.
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D.
Paulownia tomentosa
Paulownia tomentosa is a fast-growing ornamental tree native to East Asia, known for its large heart-shaped leaves, showy violet flowers, and lightweight, valuable timber.
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E.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
- 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: Koelreuteria Target entity description: Koelreuteria is a small genus of ornamental flowering trees, commonly known as goldenrain trees, valued for their showy yellow blossoms and decorative papery seed pods.
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A.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
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B.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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C.
Lagerstroemia fauriei
Lagerstroemia fauriei is a species of crape myrtle tree native to East Asia, valued in horticulture for its attractive bark, flowers, and use in breeding ornamental cultivars.
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D.
Paulownia tomentosa
Paulownia tomentosa is a fast-growing ornamental tree native to East Asia, known for its large heart-shaped leaves, showy violet flowers, and lightweight, valuable timber.
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E.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attracts |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| climatePreference | temperate regions ⓘ |
| commonName | goldenrain trees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sapindaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | summer ⓘ |
| fruitDescription | inflated papery seed pod ⓘ |
| fruitType | papery capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm | deciduous tree ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Koelreuteria bipinnata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koelreuteria elegans NERFINISHED ⓘ Koelreuteria paniculata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| landscapeUse |
shade tree
ⓘ
specimen tree ⓘ |
| leafType |
bipinnate leaves
ⓘ
pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | full sun ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
cuttings
ⓘ
seed propagation ⓘ |
| reproduction | seeds ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
urban pollution ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 7–12 meters ⓘ |
| use |
ornamental tree
ⓘ
street tree ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
decorative papery seed pods
ⓘ
ornamental foliage ⓘ showy yellow blossoms ⓘ |
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: Koelreuteria Description of subject: Koelreuteria is a small genus of ornamental flowering trees, commonly known as goldenrain trees, valued for their showy yellow blossoms and decorative papery seed pods.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.