Lagerstroemia indica
E321166
Lagerstroemia indica is a deciduous ornamental shrub or small tree, commonly known as crape myrtle, prized for its long-lasting summer flowers and attractive bark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lagerstroemia indica canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3019013 — 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 indica Context triple: [Myrtales, notableSpecies, Lagerstroemia indica]
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A.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is a tropical flowering shrub known for its large, showy blossoms and widespread use as an ornamental plant in warm climates.
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B.
Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus syriacus is a hardy flowering shrub, commonly known as the rose of Sharon, celebrated for its showy blooms and cultural significance, particularly in East Asia.
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C.
Mimosa
Mimosa is a highly regarded science fiction fanzine known for its insightful essays, fan history, and multiple Hugo Award wins.
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D.
Mimosa
Mimosa, also known as Beta Crucis, is a bright blue giant star and one of the principal stars forming the Southern Cross constellation.
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E.
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is a vibrant, flowering ornamental plant genus known for its colorful papery bracts that surround its small, inconspicuous flowers.
- 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 indica Target entity description: Lagerstroemia indica is a deciduous ornamental shrub or small tree, commonly known as crape myrtle, prized for its long-lasting summer flowers and attractive bark.
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A.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is a tropical flowering shrub known for its large, showy blossoms and widespread use as an ornamental plant in warm climates.
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B.
Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus syriacus is a hardy flowering shrub, commonly known as the rose of Sharon, celebrated for its showy blooms and cultural significance, particularly in East Asia.
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C.
Mimosa
Mimosa is a highly regarded science fiction fanzine known for its insightful essays, fan history, and multiple Hugo Award wins.
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D.
Mimosa
Mimosa, also known as Beta Crucis, is a bright blue giant star and one of the principal stars forming the Southern Cross constellation.
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E.
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is a vibrant, flowering ornamental plant genus known for its colorful papery bracts that surround its small, inconspicuous flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deciduous shrub
ⓘ
ornamental tree ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| attracts |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ |
| autumnColor |
orange
ⓘ
red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic |
peeling bark
ⓘ
smooth bark ⓘ |
| commonName |
crape myrtle
ⓘ
crapemyrtle ⓘ crepe myrtle ⓘ |
| family | Lythraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | summer ⓘ |
| genus | Lagerstroemia ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| height | 3–6 meters ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Australia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafColor | green ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm | deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| ornamentalFeature |
attractive bark
ⓘ
long-lasting flowers ⓘ showy flower clusters ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
cuttings
ⓘ
seed ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| sunRequirement | full sun ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerance |
drought tolerant
ⓘ
heat tolerant ⓘ urban conditions tolerant ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedFor |
garden shrub
ⓘ
hedge ⓘ street tree ⓘ |
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 indica Description of subject: Lagerstroemia indica is a deciduous ornamental shrub or small tree, commonly known as crape myrtle, prized for its long-lasting summer flowers and attractive bark.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.