Musa acuminata
E285073
Musa acuminata is a wild banana species native to Southeast Asia that is a primary ancestor of most modern cultivated dessert bananas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Musa acuminata canonical | 3 |
| Musa × paradisiaca | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2645965 — 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: Musa acuminata Context triple: [Liliopsida, includesSpecies, Musa acuminata]
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A.
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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B.
Millettia
Millettia is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family, known for its woody climbers and trees often valued for timber, ornament, and traditional uses.
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C.
Sesbania
Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
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D.
Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
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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: Musa acuminata Target entity description: Musa acuminata is a wild banana species native to Southeast Asia that is a primary ancestor of most modern cultivated dessert bananas.
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A.
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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B.
Millettia
Millettia is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family, known for its woody climbers and trees often valued for timber, ornament, and traditional uses.
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C.
Sesbania
Sesbania is a genus of fast-growing, often nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and used for green manure, fodder, and ornamental purposes.
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D.
Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
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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 (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
banana
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ |
| authority | Colla ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 2n=22 ⓘ |
| climatePreference | humid tropical climate ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | not globally evaluated by IUCN ⓘ |
| contributesTrait |
parthenocarpy
ⓘ
sweet fruit ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| distribution |
Pacific islands
ⓘ
tropical Asia ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| economicImportance | foundation of global dessert banana industry ⓘ |
| family | Musaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| fruitUse | dessert banana production ⓘ |
| genomeDesignation | A genome ⓘ |
| genus | Musa ⓘ |
| growthForm |
large herbaceous plant
ⓘ
perennial herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
riverbanks
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasStructure | pseudostem ⓘ |
| hybridizesWith | Musa balbisiana ⓘ |
| isAncestorOf |
Cavendish banana cultivars
ⓘ
Musa × paradisiaca ⓘ Musa × sapientum ⓘ |
| isPrimaryAncestorOf | most modern dessert bananas ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | spiral ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Zingiberales ⓘ |
| parthenocarpy | produces seedless fruits in many cultivars ⓘ |
| photosynthesisPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| ploidyForms |
diploid
ⓘ
triploid ⓘ |
| pollination | animal-pollinated ⓘ |
| producesHybrid |
Musa × paradisiaca
ⓘ
linked to:
Musa acuminata
|
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction
ⓘ
vegetative propagation ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
banana breeding
ⓘ
genetic resource for cultivated bananas ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1820 ⓘ |
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: Musa acuminata Description of subject: Musa acuminata is a wild banana species native to Southeast Asia that is a primary ancestor of most modern cultivated dessert bananas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Musa acuminata