Lannea
E141142
Lannea is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew and sumac family, known for its trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Africa and parts of Asia.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lannea canonical | 1 |
| Lannea acida | 1 |
| Lannea coromandelica | 1 |
| Lannea discolor | 1 |
| Lannea schweinfurthii | 1 |
| Lannea stuhlmannii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1106276 — 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: Lannea Context triple: [Anacardiaceae, includesGenus, Lannea]
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A.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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B.
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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C.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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E.
Drymaea
Drymaea was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Phocis, known from classical historical and geographical accounts.
- 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: Lannea Target entity description: Lannea is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew and sumac family, known for its trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Africa and parts of Asia.
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A.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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B.
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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C.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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E.
Drymaea
Drymaea was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Phocis, known from classical historical and geographical accounts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| barkUse |
dye production
ⓘ
tanning ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | cashew and sumac family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | lannea ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of flowering plants in the cashew and sumac family ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| economicImportance | regional non-timber forest product ⓘ |
| family | Anacardiaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry forest
ⓘ
savanna ⓘ woodland ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Lannea acida
ⓘ
linked to:
Lannea
Lannea coromandelica ⓘ
linked to:
Lannea
Lannea discolor ⓘ
linked to:
Lannea
Lannea microcarpa ⓘ Lannea schweinfurthii ⓘ
linked to:
Lannea
Lannea stuhlmannii ⓘ
linked to:
Lannea
|
| isA |
flowering plant genus
ⓘ
woody plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMorphology | pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
Madagascar ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ subtropical Africa ⓘ tropical Africa ⓘ |
| notableRegionOfUse |
East Africa
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| usedFor |
edible fruits
ⓘ
timber ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
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: Lannea Description of subject: Lannea is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew and sumac family, known for its trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Africa and parts of Asia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lannea
linked to: Lannea
linked to: Lannea
linked to: Lannea
linked to: Lannea