Lannea microcarpa
E587013
Lannea microcarpa is a small deciduous tree native to the savannas of West Africa, valued for its edible fruits, traditional medicinal uses, and role in local agroforestry systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lannea microcarpa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6296431 — 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: Lannea microcarpa Context triple: [Lannea, hasSpecies, Lannea microcarpa]
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A.
Paliurus australis
Paliurus australis is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the buckthorn family, native to parts of Eurasia and known for its spiny branches and small, rounded fruits.
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B.
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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C.
Diplolaena
Diplolaena is a small genus of flowering shrubs native to Western Australia, known for their ornamental, often showy, star-shaped blossoms.
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D.
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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E.
Flindersia
Flindersia is a genus of flowering trees native mainly to Australia and nearby regions, known for their hardwood timber and aromatic foliage.
- 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: Lannea microcarpa Target entity description: Lannea microcarpa is a small deciduous tree native to the savannas of West Africa, valued for its edible fruits, traditional medicinal uses, and role in local agroforestry systems.
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A.
Paliurus australis
Paliurus australis is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the buckthorn family, native to parts of Eurasia and known for its spiny branches and small, rounded fruits.
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B.
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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C.
Diplolaena
Diplolaena is a small genus of flowering shrubs native to Western Australia, known for their ornamental, often showy, star-shaped blossoms.
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D.
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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E.
Flindersia
Flindersia is a genus of flowering trees native mainly to Australia and nearby regions, known for their hardwood timber and aromatic foliage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deciduous tree
ⓘ
fruit tree ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| commonName | African grape ⓘ |
| distribution |
Sahel region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudanian zone ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | savanna tree species ⓘ |
| family | Anacardiaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fruitUse |
eaten fresh
ⓘ
processed into beverages ⓘ used in jams ⓘ |
| genus | Lannea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | small tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
farmland parklands
ⓘ
wooded savanna ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bark
ⓘ
fruit ⓘ leaves ⓘ roots ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
West Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
savanna ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partUsedInMedicine |
bark
ⓘ
leaves ⓘ roots ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| propagation | seed ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates | drought ⓘ |
| usedAs |
fodder
ⓘ
food ⓘ medicinal plant ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agroforestry
ⓘ
dyes ⓘ edible fruits ⓘ firewood ⓘ live fences ⓘ shade ⓘ soil conservation ⓘ tannins ⓘ timber ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local agroforestry systems
ⓘ
rural livelihoods in West Africa ⓘ |
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: Lannea microcarpa Description of subject: Lannea microcarpa is a small deciduous tree native to the savannas of West Africa, valued for its edible fruits, traditional medicinal uses, and role in local agroforestry systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.