Sterculia
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Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants, including trees and shrubs, known for species such as the kola and tropical ornamentals found mainly in warm regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sterculia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395494 — 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: Sterculia Context triple: [Sterculiaceae, containsGenus, Sterculia]
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A.
Sterculia foetida
Sterculia foetida is a tropical tree species known for its foul-smelling parts, distinctive star-shaped seed pods, and use in traditional medicine and as a source of oil.
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B.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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C.
Mastixia
Mastixia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Asia, known for their glossy leaves and small, often clustered fruits.
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D.
Pteleopsis
Pteleopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the leadwood family, known for its tropical African trees and shrubs often found in savanna and woodland habitats.
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E.
Thespesia
Thespesia is a small genus of flowering plants, including trees and shrubs, known for their hibiscus-like blooms and typically found in tropical and subtropical regions.
- 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: Sterculia Target entity description: Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants, including trees and shrubs, known for species such as the kola and tropical ornamentals found mainly in warm regions.
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A.
Sterculia foetida
Sterculia foetida is a tropical tree species known for its foul-smelling parts, distinctive star-shaped seed pods, and use in traditional medicine and as a source of oil.
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B.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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C.
Mastixia
Mastixia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Asia, known for their glossy leaves and small, often clustered fruits.
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D.
Pteleopsis
Pteleopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the leadwood family, known for its tropical African trees and shrubs often found in savanna and woodland habitats.
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E.
Thespesia
Thespesia is a small genus of flowering plants, including trees and shrubs, known for their hibiscus-like blooms and typically found in tropical and subtropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific islands ⓘ |
| family | Malvaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
produces capsules as fruits ⓘ woody plants ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
sterculia
ⓘ
tropical chestnut ⓘ |
| hasFlowerType | unisexual flowers in many species ⓘ |
| hasLeafType |
often palmately lobed leaves
ⓘ
simple leaves ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpeciesUse |
gum and resins obtained from some species
GENERATED
ⓘ
seeds used as food in some species GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMember |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Sterculia apetala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sterculia colorata NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia diversifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia foetida NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia guttata NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia lychnophora NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia monosperma NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia nobilis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia oblonga NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia parviflora NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia quinqueloba NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia rhinopetala NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia tragacantha NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia urceolata NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia urens NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterculia villosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sterculius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeToClimate |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Malvales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Sterculioideae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fiber production
ⓘ
timber ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sterculia Description of subject: Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants, including trees and shrubs, known for species such as the kola and tropical ornamentals found mainly in warm regions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.