Persea indica
E753140
Persea indica is an evergreen laurel tree native to the Macaronesian laurel forests, notable for its broad, glossy leaves and role as a dominant canopy species in humid subtropical woodlands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Persea indica canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8733035 — 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: Persea indica Context triple: [Garajonay National Park, mainTreeSpecies, Persea indica]
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A.
Sapindus
Sapindus is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as soapberries or soapnuts, noted for their saponin-rich fruits traditionally used as a natural soap and detergent.
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B.
Nephelium
Nephelium is a genus of tropical trees best known for producing the rambutan and related edible fruits.
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C.
Dimocarpus longan
Dimocarpus longan is a tropical fruit tree species known for producing the sweet, translucent-fleshed longan fruit, closely related to lychee and widely cultivated in Asia.
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D.
Spondias
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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E.
Blighia
Blighia is a genus of tropical flowering trees in the soapberry family best known for including the ackee tree, whose fruit is both culturally important and potentially toxic.
- 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: Persea indica Target entity description: Persea indica is an evergreen laurel tree native to the Macaronesian laurel forests, notable for its broad, glossy leaves and role as a dominant canopy species in humid subtropical woodlands.
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A.
Sapindus
Sapindus is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as soapberries or soapnuts, noted for their saponin-rich fruits traditionally used as a natural soap and detergent.
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B.
Nephelium
Nephelium is a genus of tropical trees best known for producing the rambutan and related edible fruits.
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C.
Dimocarpus longan
Dimocarpus longan is a tropical fruit tree species known for producing the sweet, translucent-fleshed longan fruit, closely related to lychee and widely cultivated in Asia.
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D.
Spondias
Spondias is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees known for species like hog plum and ambarella, valued for their edible, often tangy fruits.
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E.
Blighia
Blighia is a genus of tropical flowering trees in the soapberry family best known for including the ackee tree, whose fruit is both culturally important and potentially toxic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evergreen tree
ⓘ
laurel ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| canopyRole | dominant canopy species ⓘ |
| climatePreference | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| conservationSignificance | key component of Macaronesian laurel forests ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole |
contributes to forest humidity retention
ⓘ
provides canopy cover ⓘ provides habitat for forest fauna ⓘ |
| evergreen | true ⓘ |
| family | Lauraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerType | inconspicuous flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like drupe ⓘ |
| genus | Persea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
humid subtropical woodland
ⓘ
laurel forest ⓘ |
| hasTrunk | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafSurface | glossy ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canary Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macaronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Madeira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Laurales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgan | leaf ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure |
flower
ⓘ
fruit ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | bird-dispersed ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | shade-tolerant ⓘ |
| soilPreference | moist fertile soils ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | medium-sized tree ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
| woodUse | timber (locally) ⓘ |
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: Persea indica Description of subject: Persea indica is an evergreen laurel tree native to the Macaronesian laurel forests, notable for its broad, glossy leaves and role as a dominant canopy species in humid subtropical woodlands.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Persea