Horsfieldia (plant genus)
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Horsfieldia is a genus of flowering plants in the nutmeg family (Myristicaceae), native mainly to tropical Asia and known for its aromatic, nutmeg-like seeds.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horsfieldia (plant genus) canonical | 1 |
| Horsfieldia irya | 1 |
| Horsfieldia kingii | 1 |
| Horsfieldia superba | 1 |
| Horsfieldia wallichii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1584141 — 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: Horsfieldia (plant genus) Context triple: [Thomas Horsfield, hasEponym, Horsfieldia (plant genus)]
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A.
Leucosyke
Leucosyke is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising shrubs or small trees native to tropical regions.
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B.
Paradichrostachys
Paradichrostachys is a little-known flowering plant genus in the small family Dirachmaceae, native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa.
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C.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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D.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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E.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
- 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: Horsfieldia (plant genus) Target entity description: Horsfieldia is a genus of flowering plants in the nutmeg family (Myristicaceae), native mainly to tropical Asia and known for its aromatic, nutmeg-like seeds.
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A.
Leucosyke
Leucosyke is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising shrubs or small trees native to tropical regions.
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B.
Paradichrostachys
Paradichrostachys is a little-known flowering plant genus in the small family Dirachmaceae, native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa.
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C.
Semecarpus
Semecarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the cashew family, many species of which produce highly irritating sap that can cause severe allergic skin reactions.
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D.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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E.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | nutmeg family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliids ⓘ |
| conservationIssues | habitat loss in parts of its range ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of aromatic trees ⓘ |
| distribution |
India (Northeast and Andaman-Nicobar)
ⓘ
linked to:
Northeast India
Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ Thailand ⓘ |
| family | Myristicaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | dehiscent fleshy fruit ⓘ |
| growthForm |
large trees
ⓘ
medium-sized trees ⓘ |
| habitat |
hill tropical forests
ⓘ
lowland tropical rainforests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
aromatic seeds
ⓘ
dioecious plants ⓘ evergreen trees ⓘ nutmeg-like seeds ⓘ |
| hasPart |
fleshy aril around seeds
ⓘ
simple alternate leaves ⓘ small unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| hasSpeciesCount | dozens of accepted species ⓘ |
| isMemberOf | Myristicaceae genera ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Horsfield ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Malesia
ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| order | Magnoliales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Myristicaceae ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Knema
ⓘ
Myristica ⓘ |
| reproduction | separate male and female individuals ⓘ |
| seedType | large oily seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| uses |
spice and flavoring locally
ⓘ
timber ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Horsfieldia (plant genus) Description of subject: Horsfieldia is a genus of flowering plants in the nutmeg family (Myristicaceae), native mainly to tropical Asia and known for its aromatic, nutmeg-like seeds.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Horsfieldia (plant genus)
linked to: Horsfieldia (plant genus)
linked to: Horsfieldia (plant genus)
linked to: Horsfieldia (plant genus)