Pterocarpus
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Pterocarpus is a genus of tropical leguminous trees known for their valuable hardwoods, including species that produce padauk and African rosewood.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pterocarpus marsupium | 2 |
| Pterocarpus canonical | 1 |
| Pterocarpus angolensis | 1 |
| Pterocarpus dalbergioides | 1 |
| Pterocarpus erinaceus | 1 |
| Pterocarpus indicus | 1 |
| Pterocarpus santalinus | 1 |
| Pterocarpus soyauxii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891618 — 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: Pterocarpus Context triple: [Faboideae, includesGenus, Pterocarpus]
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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.
Dalbergia
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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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.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Pterocarpus Target entity description: Pterocarpus is a genus of tropical leguminous trees known for their valuable hardwoods, including species that produce padauk and African rosewood.
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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.
Dalbergia
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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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.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ rosids ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
dye production
ⓘ
timber production ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellow ⓘ |
| habitat |
tropical forests
ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
padauk trees
ⓘ
pterocarpus trees ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | overexploitation for timber ⓘ |
| hasFruitType | winged pod ⓘ |
| hasLeafType | pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Pterocarpus dalbergioides
ⓘ
linked to:
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus erinaceus ⓘ
linked to:
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus indicus ⓘ
linked to:
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus marsupium ⓘ
linked to:
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus santalinus ⓘ
linked to:
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus soyauxii ⓘ
linked to:
Pterocarpus
|
| isA |
hardwood tree
ⓘ
leguminous plant ⓘ tropical tree ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedBy | William Roxburgh ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
tropical Africa
ⓘ
tropical Americas ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| produces |
African rosewood
ⓘ
padauk wood ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers and seeds ⓘ |
| subfamily | Faboideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Dalbergieae ⓘ |
| woodUsedFor |
carvings
ⓘ
flooring ⓘ furniture ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ |
| woodValuedFor |
decorative grain
ⓘ
durability ⓘ rich color ⓘ |
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: Pterocarpus Description of subject: Pterocarpus is a genus of tropical leguminous trees known for their valuable hardwoods, including species that produce padauk and African rosewood.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pterocarpus
linked to: Pterocarpus
linked to: Pterocarpus
linked to: Pterocarpus
linked to: Pterocarpus
linked to: Pterocarpus
linked to: Pterocarpus
linked to: Pterocarpus