Simarouba
E588793
Simarouba is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs known for species like the paradise-tree, some of which are used for timber, traditional medicine, and oil-rich seeds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simarouba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6381675 — 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: Simarouba Context triple: [Simaroubaceae, typeGenus, Simarouba]
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A.
Toona
Toona is a small genus of deciduous trees in the mahogany family, known for their valuable timber and use in traditional medicine.
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B.
Cedrela
Cedrela is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees known for their valuable, often aromatic timber similar to mahogany.
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C.
Guaiúba
Guaiúba is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil, located in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza.
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D.
Ceiba
Ceiba is a genus of large tropical trees, including the iconic kapok tree, known for their towering trunks, buttress roots, and ecological and cultural importance in tropical America and West Africa.
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E.
Paubrasilia echinata
Paubrasilia echinata is a Brazilian hardwood tree historically prized for its dense, red-colored timber and as the original source of brazilwood dye, giving Brazil its name.
- 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: Simarouba Target entity description: Simarouba is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs known for species like the paradise-tree, some of which are used for timber, traditional medicine, and oil-rich seeds.
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A.
Toona
Toona is a small genus of deciduous trees in the mahogany family, known for their valuable timber and use in traditional medicine.
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B.
Cedrela
Cedrela is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees known for their valuable, often aromatic timber similar to mahogany.
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C.
Guaiúba
Guaiúba is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil, located in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza.
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D.
Ceiba
Ceiba is a genus of large tropical trees, including the iconic kapok tree, known for their towering trunks, buttress roots, and ecological and cultural importance in tropical America and West Africa.
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E.
Paubrasilia echinata
Paubrasilia echinata is a Brazilian hardwood tree historically prized for its dense, red-colored timber and as the original source of brazilwood dye, giving Brazil its name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| contains |
bitter compounds
ⓘ
quassinoids ⓘ |
| economicUse |
biofuel feedstock
ⓘ
edible oil production ⓘ reforestation ⓘ |
| family | Simaroubaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerType | small unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
secondary forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | paradise-tree genus ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | Simarouba (Latin) ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Simarouba amara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Simarouba berteroana NERFINISHED ⓘ Simarouba glauca NERFINISHED ⓘ Simarouba tulae NERFINISHED ⓘ Simarouba versicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Simaroubaceae genera ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| namedBy | Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Neotropics NERFINISHED ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | bird-dispersed ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
poor soils ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ornamental tree
ⓘ
shade tree ⓘ |
| usedFor |
oil-rich seeds
ⓘ
timber ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional herbal remedies ⓘ |
| woodProperty |
lightweight wood
ⓘ
soft wood ⓘ |
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: Simarouba Description of subject: Simarouba is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs known for species like the paradise-tree, some of which are used for timber, traditional medicine, and oil-rich seeds.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.