Coffea
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Coffea is a genus of flowering plants whose seeds are processed to produce coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coffea arabica | 4 |
| Coffea canonical | 2 |
| Coffea canephora | 1 |
| Coffea liberica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10959783 — 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: Coffea Context triple: [Arabica, genus, Coffea]
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A.
Theobroma
Theobroma is a genus of tropical American trees best known for including Theobroma cacao, the source of cocoa and chocolate.
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B.
Arabica
Arabica is a high-quality coffee species prized for its smooth, aromatic flavor and widely used in premium coffee varieties worldwide.
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C.
Erythroxylum coca
Erythroxylum coca is a South American shrub whose leaves contain stimulant alkaloids traditionally chewed by indigenous peoples and industrially processed to produce cocaine.
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D.
Cochoqua
The Cochoqua were a prominent Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, known for their power and involvement in early conflicts with Dutch colonists in the 17th century.
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E.
Myristica
Myristica is a genus of tropical evergreen trees in the nutmeg family, best known for species that produce the culinary spice nutmeg.
- 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: Coffea Target entity description: Coffea is a genus of flowering plants whose seeds are processed to produce coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world.
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A.
Theobroma
Theobroma is a genus of tropical American trees best known for including Theobroma cacao, the source of cocoa and chocolate.
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B.
Arabica
Arabica is a high-quality coffee species prized for its smooth, aromatic flavor and widely used in premium coffee varieties worldwide.
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C.
Erythroxylum coca
Erythroxylum coca is a South American shrub whose leaves contain stimulant alkaloids traditionally chewed by indigenous peoples and industrially processed to produce cocaine.
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D.
Cochoqua
The Cochoqua were a prominent Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, known for their power and involvement in early conflicts with Dutch colonists in the 17th century.
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E.
Myristica
Myristica is a genus of tropical evergreen trees in the nutmeg family, best known for species that produce the culinary spice nutmeg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| altitudePreference | low to high elevations depending on species ⓘ |
| arabicaOrigin |
Ethiopian highlands
ⓘ
linked to:
Ethiopian Highlands
|
| arabicaPloidy | tetraploid ⓘ |
| canephoraOrigin | Central Africa ⓘ |
| canephoraPloidy | diploid ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | varies by species ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| climatePreference | tropical climate ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | many wild Coffea species are threatened ⓘ |
| contains | caffeine ⓘ |
| cultivatedIn |
Brazil
ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Honduras ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Uganda ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse |
production of coffee beans
ⓘ
production of coffee beverage ⓘ |
| family | Rubiaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm |
evergreen shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | coffee plant ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Coffea arabica
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabica
Coffea canephora ⓘ
linked to:
Robusta coffee
Coffea charrieriana ⓘ Coffea congensis ⓘ Coffea eugenioides ⓘ Coffea humilis ⓘ Coffea kapakata ⓘ Coffea liberica ⓘ
linked to:
Coffea
Coffea racemosa ⓘ Coffea salvatrix ⓘ Coffea stenophylla ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ South America ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaf ⓘ |
| libericaOrigin | West and Central Africa ⓘ |
| majorCropSpecies |
Coffea arabica
ⓘ
linked to:
Coffea
Coffea canephora ⓘ Coffea liberica ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Comoros
ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ Mascarene Islands ⓘ tropical Africa ⓘ |
| order | Gentianales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| product |
coffee bean
ⓘ
coffee cherry ⓘ green coffee beans ⓘ roasted coffee beans ⓘ |
| roleInDiet | source of one of the most widely consumed beverages ⓘ |
| roleInTrade | source of one of the most widely traded agricultural commodities ⓘ |
| seedCountPerFruit | usually two seeds ⓘ |
| subfamily | Ixoroideae ⓘ |
| threats |
climate change
ⓘ
coffee berry disease ⓘ coffee leaf rust ⓘ |
| tribe | Coffeeae ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Coffea arabica
ⓘ
linked to:
Coffea
|
| usedFor | beverage preparation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
espresso production
ⓘ
filter coffee production ⓘ instant coffee production ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Coffea Description of subject: Coffea is a genus of flowering plants whose seeds are processed to produce coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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