Dalbergia
E209709
Dalbergia is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs best known for producing valuable hardwoods such as rosewood and kingwood, widely used in fine furniture and musical instruments.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dalbergia sissoo | 2 |
| Ipe family | 2 |
| Dalbergia canonical | 1 |
| Dalbergia bariensis | 1 |
| Dalbergia cearensis | 1 |
| Dalbergia cochinchinensis | 1 |
| Dalbergia cultrata | 1 |
| Dalbergia granadillo | 1 |
| Dalbergia latifolia | 1 |
| Dalbergia maritima | 1 |
| Dalbergia melanoxylon | 1 |
| Dalbergia miscolobium | 1 |
| Dalbergia nigra | 1 |
| Dalbergia oliveri | 1 |
| Dalbergia retusa | 1 |
| Dalbergia spruceana | 1 |
| Dalbergia stevensonii | 1 |
| Dalbergia tucurensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891604 — 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: Dalbergia Context triple: [Faboideae, includesGenus, Dalbergia]
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A.
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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B.
Lignum vitae
Lignum vitae is a dense, extremely hard tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean, renowned for its durable wood and medicinal resin.
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C.
Sakao
Sakao is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu, noted for its complex phonology and distinctive sound changes.
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D.
Krugiodendron
Krugiodendron is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its tropical or subtropical woody species.
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E.
pau-brasil (brazilwood)
Pau-brasil (brazilwood) is a native Brazilian tree historically prized for its red dye and dense timber, which gave Brazil its name and holds major cultural and ecological significance.
- 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: Dalbergia Target entity description: Dalbergia is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs best known for producing valuable hardwoods such as rosewood and kingwood, widely used in fine furniture and musical instruments.
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A.
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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B.
Lignum vitae
Lignum vitae is a dense, extremely hard tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean, renowned for its durable wood and medicinal resin.
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C.
Sakao
Sakao is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu, noted for its complex phonology and distinctive sound changes.
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D.
Krugiodendron
Krugiodendron is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its tropical or subtropical woody species.
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E.
pau-brasil (brazilwood)
Pau-brasil (brazilwood) is a native Brazilian tree historically prized for its red dye and dense timber, which gave Brazil its name and holds major cultural and ecological significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | legumes ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species threatened ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse | luxury timber trade ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | papilionaceous flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | rosewood genus ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Dalbergia bariensis
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linked to:
Dalbergia
Dalbergia cearensis ⓘ
linked to:
Dalbergia
Dalbergia cochinchinensis ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia cultrata ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia granadillo ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia latifolia ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia maritima ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia melanoxylon ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia miscolobium ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia nigra ⓘ
linked to:
Dalbergia
Dalbergia oliveri ⓘ
linked to:
Dalbergia
Dalbergia retusa ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia sissoo ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia spruceana ⓘ
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Dalbergia
Dalbergia stevensonii ⓘ
linked to:
Dalbergia
Dalbergia tucurensis ⓘ
linked to:
Dalbergia
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nils Dalberg ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Ludwig Willdenow ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ South America ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Dalbergieae
ⓘ
linked to:
Caesalpinioideae
|
| produces |
kingwood
ⓘ
rosewood ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | CITES ⓘ |
| subfamily | Faboideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
habitat loss
ⓘ
overexploitation for timber ⓘ |
| woodProperty |
dense hardwood
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fragrant heartwood in some species ⓘ high natural luster ⓘ |
| woodUsedFor |
fine furniture
ⓘ
flooring ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ veneers ⓘ |
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: Dalbergia Description of subject: Dalbergia is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs best known for producing valuable hardwoods such as rosewood and kingwood, widely used in fine furniture and musical instruments.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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