Cedrela
E581520
Cedrela is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees known for their valuable, often aromatic timber similar to mahogany.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cedrela canonical | 1 |
| Cedrela odorata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6299460 — 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: Cedrela Context triple: [Meliaceae, includesGenus, Cedrela]
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A.
Dalbergia
Dalbergia is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs best known for producing valuable hardwoods such as rosewood and kingwood, widely used in fine furniture and musical instruments.
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B.
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus is a genus of tropical leguminous trees known for their valuable hardwoods, including species that produce padauk and African rosewood.
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C.
Lignum vitae
Lignum vitae is a dense, extremely hard tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean, renowned for its durable wood and medicinal resin.
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D.
Pteroceltis
Pteroceltis is a small genus of deciduous trees known for their papermaking bark and ornamental value, native to East Asia.
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E.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
- 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: Cedrela Target entity description: Cedrela is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees known for their valuable, often aromatic timber similar to mahogany.
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A.
Dalbergia
Dalbergia is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs best known for producing valuable hardwoods such as rosewood and kingwood, widely used in fine furniture and musical instruments.
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B.
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus is a genus of tropical leguminous trees known for their valuable hardwoods, including species that produce padauk and African rosewood.
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C.
Lignum vitae
Lignum vitae is a dense, extremely hard tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean, renowned for its durable wood and medicinal resin.
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D.
Pteroceltis
Pteroceltis is a small genus of deciduous trees known for their papermaking bark and ornamental value, native to East Asia.
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E.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToEconomicGroup | tropical timber trees ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ Tracheophyta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | cedrela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | declining populations in some regions ⓘ |
| family | Meliaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Cedrela angustifolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cedrela dugesii NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedrela fissilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedrela montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedrela oaxacensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedrela odorata NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedrela saltensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Cedrela tonduzii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Cedrela odorata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
forest management research
ⓘ
timber trade regulations ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Neotropics NERFINISHED ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | wind-dispersed ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
overexploitation for timber ⓘ |
| woodProperty |
aromatic
ⓘ
durable ⓘ lightweight ⓘ |
| woodSimilarTo | mahogany ⓘ |
| woodUsedFor |
cigar boxes
ⓘ
furniture ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1759 ⓘ |
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: Cedrela Description of subject: Cedrela is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees known for their valuable, often aromatic timber similar to mahogany.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cedrela odorata