Triplaris peruviana
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Triplaris peruviana is a species of flowering tree in the genus Triplaris, native to parts of South America and known for its tall, slender form and wind-dispersed seeds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Triplaris peruviana canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11549338 — 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: Triplaris peruviana Context triple: [Triplaris, hasSpecies, Triplaris peruviana]
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A.
Petiveria
Petiveria is a small genus of flowering plants, best known for the species Petiveria alliacea, a pungent herb widely used in traditional medicine and folk practices in the Americas.
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B.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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C.
Psychotria viridis
Psychotria viridis is a tropical shrub native to the Amazon whose leaves contain the psychedelic compound DMT and are traditionally used in the preparation of ayahuasca.
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D.
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.
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E.
Decaisnea
Decaisnea is a small genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees known for their unusual, fleshy, often blue pod-like fruits and is native to regions of East and South Asia.
- 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: Triplaris peruviana Target entity description: Triplaris peruviana is a species of flowering tree in the genus Triplaris, native to parts of South America and known for its tall, slender form and wind-dispersed seeds.
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A.
Petiveria
Petiveria is a small genus of flowering plants, best known for the species Petiveria alliacea, a pungent herb widely used in traditional medicine and folk practices in the Americas.
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B.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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C.
Psychotria viridis
Psychotria viridis is a tropical shrub native to the Amazon whose leaves contain the psychedelic compound DMT and are traditionally used in the preparation of ayahuasca.
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D.
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.
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E.
Decaisnea
Decaisnea is a small genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees known for their unusual, fleshy, often blue pod-like fruits and is native to regions of East and South Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
species of flowering plant
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| belongsToGenus | Triplaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Core eudicots NERFINISHED ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| family | Polygonaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Triplaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
South American lowland forests
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
flowers
ⓘ
seeds ⓘ woody stem ⓘ |
| isA | vascular plant ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Peru
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| notableFeature | tall slender form ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisType | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| plantType | woody plant ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| seedDispersal |
anemochory
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wind-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
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: Triplaris peruviana Description of subject: Triplaris peruviana is a species of flowering tree in the genus Triplaris, native to parts of South America and known for its tall, slender form and wind-dispersed seeds.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.