Eriobotrya
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Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, best known for the loquat tree that produces edible, plum-like fruits.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eriobotrya japonica | 3 |
| Eriobotrya canonical | 1 |
| Eriobotrya cavaleriei | 1 |
| Eriobotrya deflexa | 1 |
| Eriobotrya fragrans | 1 |
| Eriobotrya prinoides | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6022144 — 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: Eriobotrya Context triple: [Maleae, containsTaxon, Eriobotrya]
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A.
Psidium
Psidium is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species such as the common guava that produce edible, aromatic fruits.
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B.
Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
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C.
Pyrus pyrifolia
Pyrus pyrifolia is the Asian pear tree species known for its crisp, juicy, apple-shaped fruits commonly cultivated in East Asia.
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D.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
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E.
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.
- 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: Eriobotrya Target entity description: Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, best known for the loquat tree that produces edible, plum-like fruits.
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A.
Psidium
Psidium is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species such as the common guava that produce edible, aromatic fruits.
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B.
Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
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C.
Pyrus pyrifolia
Pyrus pyrifolia is the Asian pear tree species known for its crisp, juicy, apple-shaped fruits commonly cultivated in East Asia.
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D.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | plant genus ⓘ |
| belongsTo | rose family ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | loquat genus ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Eriobotrya cavaleriei
ⓘ
linked to:
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya deflexa ⓘ
linked to:
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya fragrans ⓘ
linked to:
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya henryi ⓘ Eriobotrya japonica ⓘ
linked to:
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya prinoides ⓘ
linked to:
Eriobotrya
|
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse | fruit production ⓘ |
| ediblePart | fruit ⓘ |
| family | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | John Lindley ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1821 ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitDescription | plum-like ⓘ |
| fruitType | pome ⓘ |
| growthForm |
evergreen shrub
ⓘ
evergreen small tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
warm temperate regions ⓘ |
| hasSynonymGenus |
Photinia (in some classifications)
ⓘ
linked to:
Photinia
|
| isA | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Himalayan region ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesForFood |
Eriobotrya japonica
ⓘ
linked to:
Eriobotrya
|
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
grafting (for cultivated loquat)
ⓘ
seeds ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| subfamily | Amygdaloideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Maleae ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Eriobotrya japonica
ⓘ
linked to:
Eriobotrya
|
| usedFor |
ornamental planting
ⓘ
traditional medicine (some species) ⓘ |
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: Eriobotrya Description of subject: Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, best known for the loquat tree that produces edible, plum-like fruits.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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