Heritiera littoralis
E1039592
Heritiera littoralis is a mangrove-associated coastal tree species native to tropical Asia and the Pacific, known for its buttressed trunk, distinctive winged seeds, and use in traditional medicine and timber.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heritiera littoralis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395489 — 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: Heritiera littoralis Context triple: [Sterculiaceae, contains, Heritiera littoralis]
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A.
Suriana maritima
Suriana maritima is a salt-tolerant coastal shrub species commonly found in tropical and subtropical shorelines, known for its small yellow flowers and role in stabilizing sandy habitats.
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B.
Hastingsia
Hastingsia is a small genus of flowering plants in the asparagus family, known for its grasslike leaves and dense spikes of white or greenish flowers, native to western North America.
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C.
Leitneria
Leitneria is a small genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees, best known for the species Leitneria floridana, which is native to wetland habitats in the southeastern United States and notable for its extremely lightweight wood.
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D.
Harfordia
Harfordia is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family (Polygonaceae), native to parts of North America.
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E.
Brevoortia
Brevoortia is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as menhaden, important both ecologically as filter feeders and commercially in fisheries.
- 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: Heritiera littoralis Target entity description: Heritiera littoralis is a mangrove-associated coastal tree species native to tropical Asia and the Pacific, known for its buttressed trunk, distinctive winged seeds, and use in traditional medicine and timber.
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A.
Suriana maritima
Suriana maritima is a salt-tolerant coastal shrub species commonly found in tropical and subtropical shorelines, known for its small yellow flowers and role in stabilizing sandy habitats.
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B.
Hastingsia
Hastingsia is a small genus of flowering plants in the asparagus family, known for its grasslike leaves and dense spikes of white or greenish flowers, native to western North America.
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C.
Leitneria
Leitneria is a small genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees, best known for the species Leitneria floridana, which is native to wetland habitats in the southeastern United States and notable for its extremely lightweight wood.
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D.
Harfordia
Harfordia is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family (Polygonaceae), native to parts of North America.
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E.
Brevoortia
Brevoortia is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as menhaden, important both ecologically as filter feeders and commercially in fisheries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mangrove-associated species
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plant species ⓘ tree ⓘ |
| authority | Aiton ⓘ |
| binomialName | Heritiera littoralis ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
looking-glass mangrove
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sea almond ⓘ |
| conservationImportance | coastal ecosystem stability ⓘ |
| dispersal | sea-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
coastal protection
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shoreline stabilization ⓘ |
| family | Malvaceae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
coastal river mouths
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mangrove ecosystems ⓘ |
| genus | Heritiera ⓘ |
| growthForm | medium to large tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal forests
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estuarine shores ⓘ mangrove margins ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
buttressed trunk
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evergreen leaves ⓘ glossy leaf underside ⓘ winged seeds ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| medicinalUse |
treatment of diarrhea
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treatment of dysentery ⓘ treatment of skin diseases ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indo-Pacific region
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Pacific islands ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| order | Malvales ⓘ |
| partUsed |
bark
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leaves ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| propagation | by seeds ⓘ |
| reproduction | by seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
periodic inundation
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saline conditions ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional medicine ⓘ |
| woodUse |
boat building
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construction ⓘ furniture ⓘ timber ⓘ |
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: Heritiera littoralis Description of subject: Heritiera littoralis is a mangrove-associated coastal tree species native to tropical Asia and the Pacific, known for its buttressed trunk, distinctive winged seeds, and use in traditional medicine and timber.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.