Acca sellowiana
E1039581
Acca sellowiana is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to South America, widely cultivated for its aromatic, edible fruits commonly known as feijoa or pineapple guava.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acca sellowiana canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395347 — 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: Acca sellowiana Context triple: [Myrtaceae, contains, Acca sellowiana]
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A.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
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B.
Lecythis
Lecythis is a genus of tropical South American trees in the Brazil nut family, known for their large woody fruits and edible seeds.
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C.
Ocotea
Ocotea is a large genus of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs native to tropical and subtropical regions, many of which are valued for their aromatic wood and essential oils.
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D.
Ehretia
Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage order, comprising trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Anthocephalus
Anthocephalus is a small genus of tropical trees in the coffee family Rubiaceae, best known for species like the fast-growing timber and shade tree Neolamarckia cadamba (formerly Anthocephalus chinensis).
- 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: Acca sellowiana Target entity description: Acca sellowiana is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to South America, widely cultivated for its aromatic, edible fruits commonly known as feijoa or pineapple guava.
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A.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
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B.
Lecythis
Lecythis is a genus of tropical South American trees in the Brazil nut family, known for their large woody fruits and edible seeds.
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C.
Ocotea
Ocotea is a large genus of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs native to tropical and subtropical regions, many of which are valued for their aromatic wood and essential oils.
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D.
Ehretia
Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage order, comprising trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Anthocephalus
Anthocephalus is a small genus of tropical trees in the coffee family Rubiaceae, best known for species like the fast-growing timber and shade tree Neolamarckia cadamba (formerly Anthocephalus chinensis).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evergreen shrub
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ small tree ⓘ |
| commonName |
feijoa
ⓘ
guavasteen ⓘ pineapple guava ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor | fruit production ⓘ |
| describedBy | Otto Karl Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1859 ⓘ |
| family | Myrtaceae ⓘ |
| flowerCharacteristic | showy petals ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| fruitFlavor |
aromatic
ⓘ
pineapple-like ⓘ |
| fruitShape | ovoid ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| fruitUse | edible fruit ⓘ |
| genus | Acca ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| growthHabit | evergreen ⓘ |
| hasSynonym | Feijoa sellowiana ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Basin
New Zealand ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaf ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Friedrich Sellow ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Paraguay
ⓘ
South America ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ northern Argentina ⓘ southern Brazil ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| pollination |
birds
ⓘ
insects ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
cuttings
ⓘ
grafting ⓘ seed ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
light frost ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 1–7 m ⓘ |
| usedIn |
beverages
ⓘ
fresh consumption ⓘ jams ⓘ jellies ⓘ |
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: Acca sellowiana Description of subject: Acca sellowiana is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to South America, widely cultivated for its aromatic, edible fruits commonly known as feijoa or pineapple guava.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.