Rafflesia keithii
E361682
Rafflesia keithii is a rare parasitic flowering plant native to Borneo, notable for producing one of the world’s largest and foul-smelling blooms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rafflesia keithii canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3475856 — 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: Rafflesia keithii Context triple: [Mount Kinabalu, hasFlora, Rafflesia keithii]
-
A.
Rafflesia patma
Rafflesia patma is a rare parasitic flowering plant native to Indonesia, known for its large, foul-smelling blossoms that lack leaves, stems, and roots.
-
B.
Rafflesia arnoldii
Rafflesia arnoldii is a rare parasitic flowering plant native to Southeast Asian rainforests, famous for producing the world’s largest individual flower with a strong carrion-like odor.
-
C.
Amorphophallus titanum
Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as the corpse flower, is a Sumatran plant famous for producing one of the world’s largest and foul-smelling inflorescences.
-
D.
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was an ancient historical region in northern Greece, later incorporated into the kingdom of Macedon.
-
E.
Rhinecanthus
Rhinecanthus is a genus of brightly colored triggerfishes found in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, known for their distinctive patterns and angular body shapes.
- 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: Rafflesia keithii Target entity description: Rafflesia keithii is a rare parasitic flowering plant native to Borneo, notable for producing one of the world’s largest and foul-smelling blooms.
-
A.
Rafflesia patma
Rafflesia patma is a rare parasitic flowering plant native to Indonesia, known for its large, foul-smelling blossoms that lack leaves, stems, and roots.
-
B.
Rafflesia arnoldii
Rafflesia arnoldii is a rare parasitic flowering plant native to Southeast Asian rainforests, famous for producing the world’s largest individual flower with a strong carrion-like odor.
-
C.
Amorphophallus titanum
Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as the corpse flower, is a Sumatran plant famous for producing one of the world’s largest and foul-smelling inflorescences.
-
D.
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was an ancient historical region in northern Greece, later incorporated into the kingdom of Macedon.
-
E.
Rhinecanthus
Rhinecanthus is a genus of brightly colored triggerfishes found in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, known for their distinctive patterns and angular body shapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant
ⓘ
parasitic plant ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| attracts | tourists ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | angiosperms ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | rare ⓘ |
| considered | botanical curiosity ⓘ |
| distribution |
northern Borneo
ⓘ
surface form:
Malaysian Borneo
|
| domain | Eukaryota ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
Borneo
ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ |
| family | Rafflesiaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | reddish-brown with pale markings ⓘ |
| flowerDiameter | among the largest of any flower in the world ⓘ |
| floweringDuration | short-lived bloom ⓘ |
| foundIn | protected areas in Sabah ⓘ |
| genus | Rafflesia ⓘ |
| growthForm | holoparasite ⓘ |
| habitat |
lowland rainforests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lacks |
leaves
ⓘ
stems ⓘ true roots ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage | long internal parasitic phase ⓘ |
| namedAfter | H. G. Keith ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Borneo
ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foul-smelling flowers
ⓘ
very large bloom size ⓘ |
| nutrientAcquisition | absorbs nutrients from host plant ⓘ |
| odorFunction | attracts carrion-associated insects ⓘ |
| odorResembles | rotting flesh ⓘ |
| parasitizes |
Tetrastigma
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetrastigma vines
|
| photosyntheticAbility | non-photosynthetic ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy | flies ⓘ |
| pollinationSyndrome | sapromyiophily ⓘ |
| produces | large flower ⓘ |
| reproduction | seeds dispersed likely by mammals ⓘ |
| reproductiveOrgan | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
deforestation
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ |
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: Rafflesia keithii Description of subject: Rafflesia keithii is a rare parasitic flowering plant native to Borneo, notable for producing one of the world’s largest and foul-smelling blooms.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.