Lagerstroemia
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Lagerstroemia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs, commonly known as crape myrtles, prized for their vibrant, long-lasting blooms and ornamental bark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lagerstroemia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12961942 — 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: Lagerstroemia Context triple: [Lagerstroemia indica, genus, Lagerstroemia]
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A.
Lagerstroemia villosa
Lagerstroemia villosa is a species of flowering tree in the crepe myrtle genus Lagerstroemia, known for its ornamental value and attractive blossoms.
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B.
Lagerstroemia floribunda
Lagerstroemia floribunda is a flowering tree species in the crepe myrtle genus, known for its abundant, showy clusters of blossoms.
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C.
Lagerstroemia subcostata
Lagerstroemia subcostata is a species of flowering tree or shrub in the crepe myrtle genus Lagerstroemia, known for its ornamental blossoms.
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D.
Lagerstroemia loudonii
Lagerstroemia loudonii is a flowering tree species in the crape myrtle genus, known for its showy, colorful blossoms and ornamental use in tropical and subtropical landscapes.
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E.
Lagerstroemia limii
Lagerstroemia limii is a species of flowering plant in the crepe myrtle genus Lagerstroemia, known for its ornamental value and attractive blossoms.
- 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: Lagerstroemia Target entity description: Lagerstroemia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs, commonly known as crape myrtles, prized for their vibrant, long-lasting blooms and ornamental bark.
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A.
Lagerstroemia villosa
Lagerstroemia villosa is a species of flowering tree in the crepe myrtle genus Lagerstroemia, known for its ornamental value and attractive blossoms.
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B.
Lagerstroemia floribunda
Lagerstroemia floribunda is a flowering tree species in the crepe myrtle genus, known for its abundant, showy clusters of blossoms.
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C.
Lagerstroemia subcostata
Lagerstroemia subcostata is a species of flowering tree or shrub in the crepe myrtle genus Lagerstroemia, known for its ornamental blossoms.
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D.
Lagerstroemia loudonii
Lagerstroemia loudonii is a flowering tree species in the crape myrtle genus, known for its showy, colorful blossoms and ornamental use in tropical and subtropical landscapes.
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E.
Lagerstroemia limii
Lagerstroemia limii is a species of flowering plant in the crepe myrtle genus Lagerstroemia, known for its ornamental value and attractive blossoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
crape myrtles
ⓘ
crepe myrtles ⓘ |
| family | Lythraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
early autumn
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| hasBark |
mottled bark
ⓘ
peeling bark ⓘ smooth bark ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
deciduous or semi-evergreen foliage
ⓘ
long-lasting blooms ⓘ ornamental bark ⓘ showy flowers ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Lagerstroemia fauriei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lagerstroemia floribunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia indica NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia limii NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia loudonii NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia ovalifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia parviflora NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia speciosa ⓘ Lagerstroemia subcostata NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia thorelii NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia tomentosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagerstroemia villosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Lagerstroemia indica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite or subopposite ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Magnus von Lagerström NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ northern Australia ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pollination | insects ⓘ |
| requires | full sun for best flowering ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
heat ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedIn |
street planting
ⓘ
urban landscaping ⓘ |
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: Lagerstroemia Description of subject: Lagerstroemia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs, commonly known as crape myrtles, prized for their vibrant, long-lasting blooms and ornamental bark.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.