Dimocarpus longan
E580930
Dimocarpus longan is a tropical fruit tree species known for producing the sweet, translucent-fleshed longan fruit, closely related to lychee and widely cultivated in Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dimocarpus longan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6205093 — 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: Dimocarpus longan Context triple: [Sapindaceae, includesSpecies, Dimocarpus longan]
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A.
Litchi
Litchi is a tropical fruit-bearing tree genus best known for producing sweet, aromatic lychee fruits with rough red skins and translucent white flesh.
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B.
Nephelium
Nephelium is a genus of tropical trees best known for producing the rambutan and related edible fruits.
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C.
Durio
Durio is a genus of tropical trees best known for producing durian, a large, spiky fruit famous for its strong odor and rich, custard-like flesh.
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D.
Mangifera
Mangifera is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees in the cashew family, best known for including the cultivated mango species.
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E.
Paopi
Paopi is the second month of the Coptic calendar, corresponding roughly to October in the Gregorian calendar and associated with the season of Akhet (inundation).
- 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: Dimocarpus longan Target entity description: Dimocarpus longan is a tropical fruit tree species known for producing the sweet, translucent-fleshed longan fruit, closely related to lychee and widely cultivated in Asia.
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A.
Litchi
Litchi is a tropical fruit-bearing tree genus best known for producing sweet, aromatic lychee fruits with rough red skins and translucent white flesh.
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B.
Nephelium
Nephelium is a genus of tropical trees best known for producing the rambutan and related edible fruits.
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C.
Durio
Durio is a genus of tropical trees best known for producing durian, a large, spiky fruit famous for its strong odor and rich, custard-like flesh.
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D.
Mangifera
Mangifera is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees in the cashew family, best known for including the cultivated mango species.
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E.
Paopi
Paopi is the second month of the Coptic calendar, corresponding roughly to October in the Gregorian calendar and associated with the season of Akhet (inundation).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant species
ⓘ
tropical fruit tree ⓘ |
| binomialName | Dimocarpus longan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate |
subtropical
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tropical ⓘ |
| commonName |
dragon eye
ⓘ
longan ⓘ |
| cultivatedIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sapindaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fleshColor | translucent white ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellowish ⓘ |
| fruitColor | brown ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| genus | Dimocarpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | evergreen tree ⓘ |
| harvestSeason |
early autumn
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
Southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| propagation |
air layering
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grafting ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Litchi chinensis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nephelium lappaceum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seedColor | shiny black ⓘ |
| seedFeature | central white spot ⓘ |
| taste | sweet ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
canned fruit
ⓘ
dried fruit ⓘ fresh consumption ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| usedInCuisineOf |
Chinese cuisine
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Thai cuisine ⓘ Vietnamese cuisine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Dimocarpus longan Description of subject: Dimocarpus longan is a tropical fruit tree species known for producing the sweet, translucent-fleshed longan fruit, closely related to lychee and widely cultivated in Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.