Bursera
E586693
Bursera is a genus of aromatic, resin-producing trees and shrubs native mainly to the Americas, known for species such as the incense and copal trees.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bursera canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6328649 — 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: Bursera Context triple: [Burseraceae, hasTypeGenus, Bursera]
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A.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
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B.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
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C.
Schinus
Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
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D.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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E.
Julbernardia
Julbernardia is a genus of African leguminous trees that are ecologically important components of tropical woodlands, particularly in central and southern Africa.
- 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: Bursera Target entity description: Bursera is a genus of aromatic, resin-producing trees and shrubs native mainly to the Americas, known for species such as the incense and copal trees.
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A.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
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B.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
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C.
Schinus
Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
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D.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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E.
Julbernardia
Julbernardia is a genus of African leguminous trees that are ecologically important components of tropical woodlands, particularly in central and southern Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
copal tree genus
ⓘ
incense tree genus ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| family | Burseraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| hasCommonUse |
copal resin production
ⓘ
incense production ⓘ timber ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Bursera bipinnata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bursera copallifera NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera cuneata NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera fagaroides NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera glabrifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera graveolens NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera hindsiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera kerberi NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera lancifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera laxiflora NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera linanoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera longipes NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera microphylla NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera morelensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera penicillata NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera schlechtendalii NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera simaruba NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera stenophylla NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera suntui NERFINISHED ⓘ Bursera tomentosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isA |
aromatic plant genus
ⓘ
resin-producing plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Central America ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ northern South America ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Burseraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produces |
aromatic resin
ⓘ
essential oils ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Bursera Description of subject: Bursera is a genus of aromatic, resin-producing trees and shrubs native mainly to the Americas, known for species such as the incense and copal trees.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.