Hamamelis
E458697
Hamamelis is a genus of deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly known as witch-hazels, valued for their fragrant winter-blooming flowers and medicinal astringent extracts.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hamamelis canonical | 2 |
| Hamamelis mollis | 2 |
| Hamamelis virginiana | 2 |
| Hamamelis japonica | 1 |
| Hamamelis ovalis | 1 |
| Hamamelis vernalis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4633498 — 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: Hamamelis Context triple: [Saxifragales, hasNotableMember, Hamamelis]
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A.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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B.
Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
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C.
Schinus
Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
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D.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
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E.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
- 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: Hamamelis Target entity description: Hamamelis is a genus of deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly known as witch-hazels, valued for their fragrant winter-blooming flowers and medicinal astringent extracts.
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A.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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B.
Hovenia
Hovenia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs, best known for the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), valued for its sweet, edible fruit stalks and use in traditional medicine.
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C.
Schinus
Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs commonly known for species like the Peruvian pepper tree, some of which produce pink peppercorns used as a spice.
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D.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
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E.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | witch-hazels ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
essential oils
ⓘ
flavonoids ⓘ tannins ⓘ |
| dispersalMethod | seed ejection ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| family | Hamamelidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerCharacteristic |
fragrant flowers
ⓘ
spidery petals ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
orange
ⓘ
red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
late autumn
ⓘ
winter ⓘ |
| fruitType | woody capsule ⓘ |
| growthRequirement |
acidic to neutral soil
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Hamamelis japonica
ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamelis
Hamamelis mollis ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamelis
Hamamelis ovalis ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamelis
Hamamelis vernalis ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamelis
Hamamelis virginiana ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamelis
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| landscapeUse |
shrub border
ⓘ
specimen plant ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| leafType | broadleaf ⓘ |
| lightRequirement |
full sun
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| medicinalProperty | astringent ⓘ |
| medicinalUse |
treatment of hemorrhoids
ⓘ
treatment of minor skin irritations ⓘ treatment of varicose veins ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| notableFeature | flowering in cold weather ⓘ |
| order | Saxifragales ⓘ |
| plantHabit |
deciduous shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| produces | astringent extract ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
medicinal purposes
ⓘ
ornamental planting ⓘ winter garden interest ⓘ |
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: Hamamelis Description of subject: Hamamelis is a genus of deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly known as witch-hazels, valued for their fragrant winter-blooming flowers and medicinal astringent extracts.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Hamamelis