Neea buxifolia
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Neea buxifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Neea, known as the type species that defines the characteristics of this group within the Nyctaginaceae family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neea buxifolia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11852897 — 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: Neea buxifolia Context triple: [Neea, hasTypeSpecies, Neea buxifolia]
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A.
Sesbania
Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
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B.
Anogeissus pendula
Anogeissus pendula, commonly known as dhok, is a drought-tolerant deciduous tree native to the dry forests of the Indian subcontinent, valued for its hard timber and ecological role in arid landscapes.
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C.
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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D.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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E.
Woodfordia
Woodfordia is a genus of small passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
- 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: Neea buxifolia Target entity description: Neea buxifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Neea, known as the type species that defines the characteristics of this group within the Nyctaginaceae family.
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A.
Sesbania
Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
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B.
Anogeissus pendula
Anogeissus pendula, commonly known as dhok, is a drought-tolerant deciduous tree native to the dry forests of the Indian subcontinent, valued for its hard timber and ecological role in arid landscapes.
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C.
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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D.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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E.
Woodfordia
Woodfordia is a genus of small passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
species of flowering plant
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Neea buxifolia species complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| binomialName | Neea buxifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Core eudicots ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | least concern ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | Neotropics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
component of coastal shrub vegetation
ⓘ
provides food for birds ⓘ |
| family | Nyctaginaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerColor | whitish ⓘ |
| flowerType | inconspicuous flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | small drupe-like fruit ⓘ |
| genus | Neea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal thickets
ⓘ
dry forests ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
Neesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hoop with ⓘ saltwood ⓘ |
| hasTaxonRank | species ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesser Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
cuttings
ⓘ
seeds ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
salt spray ⓘ |
| typeSpeciesOf | Neea ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedIn | bonsai ⓘ |
| woodUse | small-scale woodworking ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
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: Neea buxifolia Description of subject: Neea buxifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Neea, known as the type species that defines the characteristics of this group within the Nyctaginaceae family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.