Myristicaceae
E673285
Myristicaceae is a family of tropical flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the nutmeg-producing species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Myristicaceae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7575500 — 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: Myristicaceae Context triple: [Horsfieldia, parentTaxon, Myristicaceae]
-
A.
Meliaceae
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
-
B.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
-
C.
Lauraceae
Lauraceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important species such as laurels, cinnamon, avocado, and camphor.
-
D.
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many aromatic trees and shrubs such as eucalyptus, clove, and guava.
-
E.
Tetramelaceae
Tetramelaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Cucurbitales, comprising a few tree species native to tropical 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: Myristicaceae Target entity description: Myristicaceae is a family of tropical flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the nutmeg-producing species.
-
A.
Meliaceae
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
-
B.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
-
C.
Lauraceae
Lauraceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important species such as laurels, cinnamon, avocado, and camphor.
-
D.
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many aromatic trees and shrubs such as eucalyptus, clove, and guava.
-
E.
Tetramelaceae
Tetramelaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Cucurbitales, comprising a few tree species native to tropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Magnoliids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | nutmeg family ⓘ |
| distribution | tropical regions ⓘ |
| economicUse |
oils and fats
ⓘ
source of mace spice ⓘ source of nutmeg spice ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| flowerType | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | dehiscent drupe-like aril-covered seeds ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| habitat | lowland tropical rainforests ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeciesCount |
about 15–20 genera
ⓘ
about 300–500 species ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Bicuiba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brochoneura NERFINISHED ⓘ Cephalosphaera NERFINISHED ⓘ Coelocaryon NERFINISHED ⓘ Compsoneura NERFINISHED ⓘ Endocomia NERFINISHED ⓘ Gymnacranthera NERFINISHED ⓘ Haematodendron NERFINISHED ⓘ Horsfieldia NERFINISHED ⓘ Iryanthera NERFINISHED ⓘ Knema NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauloutchia NERFINISHED ⓘ Myristica NERFINISHED ⓘ Osteophloeum NERFINISHED ⓘ Otoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Palaquium myristicifolium group ⓘ Paramyristica NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudomichelia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pycnanthus NERFINISHED ⓘ Scyphocephalium NERFINISHED ⓘ Staudtia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virola ⓘ Virolaella NERFINISHED ⓘ Virolaeopsis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSpecies | Myristica fragrans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| namedBy | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
New World tropics
ⓘ
Old World tropics ⓘ |
| notableFor | including the nutmeg-producing tree Myristica fragrans ⓘ |
| order | Magnoliales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | animal-dispersed ⓘ |
| sexualSystem | dioecious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Myristica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1789 ⓘ |
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: Myristicaceae Description of subject: Myristicaceae is a family of tropical flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the nutmeg-producing species.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Horsfieldia
subject surface form:
Horsfieldia