Ficus

E67149

plant genus taxon

Ficus is a large genus of woody plants, including figs and rubber trees, known for their distinctive fruits and often used as ornamental and indoor plants.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Ficus canonical	4
Ficus sycomorus	2
Ficus (fig)	1
Ficus benghalensis	1
Ficus benghalensis is the national tree of India	1
Ficus benjamina	1
Ficus elastica	1
Ficus lyrata	1
Ficus macrophylla	1
Ficus microcarpa	1
Ficus palmata	1
Ficus religiosa is sacred in several religions	1
Ficus rubiginosa	1
Ficus salicifolia	1
Fig tree (Sthala Vriksha)	1
Moreton Bay fig trees	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T538263 — 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: Ficus
Context triple: [Moraceae, contains, Ficus]

A. Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
B. Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
C. Mangifera
Mangifera is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees in the cashew family, best known for including the cultivated mango species.
D. Camphor tree
The camphor tree is a large, long-lived evergreen tree native to East Asia, known for its aromatic wood and leaves from which camphor oil is traditionally extracted.
E. Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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: Ficus
Target entity description: Ficus is a large genus of woody plants, including figs and rubber trees, known for their distinctive fruits and often used as ornamental and indoor plants.

A. Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
B. Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
C. Mangifera
Mangifera is a genus of tropical fruit-bearing trees in the cashew family, best known for including the cultivated mango species.
D. Camphor tree
The camphor tree is a large, long-lived evergreen tree native to East Asia, known for its aromatic wood and leaves from which camphor oil is traditionally extracted.
E. Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
class	Magnoliopsida ⓘ
commonName	fig trees ⓘ figs ⓘ rubber trees ⓘ
describedAs	large genus of woody plants ⓘ
division	Magnoliophyta ⓘ
ecologicalRole	keystone species in many tropical ecosystems ⓘ
edibleSpecies	Ficus carica ⓘ Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus palmata Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus sycomorus
family	Moraceae ⓘ
fruitType	syconium ⓘ
growthForm	climbers ⓘ shrubs ⓘ strangling figs ⓘ trees ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	many species are epiphytes or hemiepiphytes ⓘ many species have aerial roots ⓘ often contains milky latex ⓘ often evergreen ⓘ produces distinctive syconium fruits ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn	Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ
hasLatex	yes ⓘ
includesSpecies	Ficus benghalensis ⓘ Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus benjamina Ficus carica ⓘ Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus elastica Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus lyrata Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus macrophylla Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus microcarpa Bodhi tree ⓘ surface form: Ficus religiosa Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus rubiginosa Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus sycomorus
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafType	simple leaves ⓘ
nativeTo	subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ warm temperate regions ⓘ
notableSpeciesRole	Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus benghalensis is the national tree of India Ficus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ficus religiosa is sacred in several religions
order	Rosales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway	C3 ⓘ
pollination	obligate mutualism with fig wasps ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
usedAs	fruit crops ⓘ indoor houseplants ⓘ latex source ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ shade trees ⓘ