Cecropia
E67719
Cecropia is a genus of fast-growing tropical trees native to the Americas, known for their hollow stems that house ants in a mutualistic relationship and their distinctive large, palmate leaves.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecropia canonical | 3 |
| Cecropia peltata | 2 |
| Cecropia obtusa | 1 |
| Cecropia obtusifolia | 1 |
| Cecropia pachystachya | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic | light-colored bark ⓘ |
| benefitFrom | protection from herbivores by ants ⓘ |
| branchingPattern | umbrella-like crown ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| colonizes | disturbed sites ⓘ |
| commonName | cecropias ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | ant-plant mutualism ⓘ |
| dispersalMethod | animal-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| distribution |
Neotropical realm
ⓘ
surface form:
Neotropics
|
| ecologicalRole |
early successional species
ⓘ
pioneer species ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | multiple fruit ⓘ |
| growthRate | fast-growing ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest edges
ⓘ
secondary forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| height | small to medium-sized trees ⓘ |
| interactionWithOtherSpecies | mutualism with ants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | spiral at branch tips ⓘ |
| leafCharacteristic | large leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | palmate leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm | tree ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | high light ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Cecropia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cecropia obtusifolia
Cecropia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cecropia pachystachya
Cecropia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cecropia peltata
|
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind pollination ⓘ |
| provides |
domatia for ants
ⓘ
food bodies for ants ⓘ |
| reproduction | dioecious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trunkCharacteristic | hollow stems ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reforestation
ⓘ
shade trees ⓘ timber for light construction ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| woodCharacteristic | lightweight wood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cecropia Description of subject: Cecropia is a genus of fast-growing tropical trees native to the Americas, known for their hollow stems that house ants in a mutualistic relationship and their distinctive large, palmate leaves.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cecropia peltata
this entity surface form:
Cecropia obtusifolia
this entity surface form:
Cecropia pachystachya
this entity surface form:
Cecropia obtusa
this entity surface form:
Cecropia peltata