Trema tomentosa
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Trema tomentosa is a species of flowering tree or shrub in the genus Trema, commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and known for its role in forest regeneration and as a pioneer species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trema tomentosa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1328535 — 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: Trema tomentosa Context triple: [Trema, hasSpecies, Trema tomentosa]
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A.
Trema orientalis
Trema orientalis is a fast-growing tropical tree species in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly known as charcoal-tree or pigeon wood, valued for its use in traditional medicine, fodder, and reforestation.
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B.
Trema micrantha
Trema micrantha is a fast-growing tropical tree species in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly used for reforestation, shade, and traditional medicine in the Americas.
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C.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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D.
Pteroceltis
Pteroceltis is a small genus of deciduous trees known for their papermaking bark and ornamental value, native to East Asia.
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E.
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.
- 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: Trema tomentosa Target entity description: Trema tomentosa is a species of flowering tree or shrub in the genus Trema, commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and known for its role in forest regeneration and as a pioneer species.
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A.
Trema orientalis
Trema orientalis is a fast-growing tropical tree species in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly known as charcoal-tree or pigeon wood, valued for its use in traditional medicine, fodder, and reforestation.
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B.
Trema micrantha
Trema micrantha is a fast-growing tropical tree species in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly used for reforestation, shade, and traditional medicine in the Americas.
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C.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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D.
Pteroceltis
Pteroceltis is a small genus of deciduous trees known for their papermaking bark and ornamental value, native to East Asia.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ shrub ⓘ tree ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| dispersedBy | birds ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
forest regeneration species
ⓘ
pioneer species ⓘ |
| family | Cannabaceae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| fruitType | small drupe ⓘ |
| genus | Trema ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed forests
ⓘ
forest edges ⓘ secondary forests ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
Trema
ⓘ
poison peach ⓘ tomentose trema ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
early-successional
ⓘ
fast-growing ⓘ tolerant of full sun ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Malesia
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
northern Australia ⓘ southern China ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| reproduction | flowering ⓘ |
| tolerates |
disturbance
ⓘ
poor soils ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fuelwood
ⓘ
reforestation ⓘ soil stabilization ⓘ |
| woodProperty |
light
ⓘ
soft ⓘ |
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: Trema tomentosa Description of subject: Trema tomentosa is a species of flowering tree or shrub in the genus Trema, commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and known for its role in forest regeneration and as a pioneer species.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Trema (in some classifications)