Excoecaria
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Excoecaria is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, known for species with toxic, irritant latex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Excoecaria canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6333380 — 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: Excoecaria Context triple: [Excoecaria agallocha, genus, Excoecaria]
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A.
Thespesia
Thespesia is a small genus of flowering plants, including trees and shrubs, known for their hibiscus-like blooms and typically found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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C.
Dodonaea
Dodonaea is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their winged fruits and adaptability to dry, often coastal environments, particularly in Australia and other warm regions.
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D.
Hakea
Hakea is a genus of woody shrubs and small trees native mainly to Australia, known for their tough, needle-like or broad leaves and distinctive woody seed pods.
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E.
Diplolaena
Diplolaena is a small genus of flowering shrubs native to Western Australia, known for their ornamental, often showy, star-shaped blossoms.
- 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: Excoecaria Target entity description: Excoecaria is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, known for species with toxic, irritant latex.
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A.
Thespesia
Thespesia is a small genus of flowering plants, including trees and shrubs, known for their hibiscus-like blooms and typically found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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C.
Dodonaea
Dodonaea is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their winged fruits and adaptability to dry, often coastal environments, particularly in Australia and other warm regions.
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D.
Hakea
Hakea is a genus of woody shrubs and small trees native mainly to Australia, known for their tough, needle-like or broad leaves and distinctive woody seed pods.
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E.
Diplolaena
Diplolaena is a small genus of flowering shrubs native to Western Australia, known for their ornamental, often showy, star-shaped blossoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | spurge family ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | mangrove associate (for some species) ⓘ |
| family | Euphorbiaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| genusOf |
Excoecaria agallocha
NERFINISHED
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Excoecaria bicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria cochinchinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria crenulata NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria dallachyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria madagascariensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria parvifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria philippinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
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small trees ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
contains milky sap
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latex is irritant ⓘ many species are poisonous ⓘ produces toxic latex ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | blind-your-eye tree (for Excoecaria agallocha) ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Excoecaria acerifolia
NERFINISHED
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Excoecaria agallocha NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria bicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria cochinchinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria crenulata NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria dallachyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria formosana NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria grahamii NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria kawakamii NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria lucida NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria madagascariensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria oppositifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria ovalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria paniculata NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria parvifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria philippinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria simii NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria sumbawensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Excoecaria zeylanica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Excoecaria agallocha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Old World tropics
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tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Malpighiales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Acalyphoideae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Hippomaneae ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Excoecaria Description of subject: Excoecaria is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, known for species with toxic, irritant latex.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Excoecaria agallocha