Phellodendron
E578198
Phellodendron is a small genus of deciduous trees known as cork trees, valued for their thick, corky bark and use in traditional medicine and landscaping.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phellodendron canonical | 1 |
| Phellodendron amurense | 1 |
| Phellodendron chinense | 1 |
| Phellodendron japonicum | 1 |
| Phellodendron lavalleei | 1 |
| Phellodendron sachalinense | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6242999 — 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: Phellodendron Context triple: [Rutaceae, includesGenus, Phellodendron]
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A.
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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B.
Rhus
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
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C.
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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D.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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E.
Koelreuteria
Koelreuteria is a small genus of ornamental flowering trees, commonly known as goldenrain trees, valued for their showy yellow blossoms and decorative papery seed pods.
- 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: Phellodendron Target entity description: Phellodendron is a small genus of deciduous trees known as cork trees, valued for their thick, corky bark and use in traditional medicine and landscaping.
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A.
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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B.
Rhus
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
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C.
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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D.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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E.
Koelreuteria
Koelreuteria is a small genus of ornamental flowering trees, commonly known as goldenrain trees, valued for their showy yellow blossoms and decorative papery seed pods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic | thick corky bark ⓘ |
| barkColor | gray-brown ⓘ |
| barkUsedFor | herbal medicine ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
Amur cork tree
ⓘ
cork tree ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
alkaloids
ⓘ
berberine ⓘ berberine ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | shade-providing tree ⓘ |
| family | Rutaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | small greenish-yellow flowers ⓘ |
| fruitDispersal | bird-dispersed ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm | deciduous tree ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Phellodendron amurense
ⓘ
linked to:
Phellodendron
Phellodendron chinense ⓘ
linked to:
Phellodendron
Phellodendron japonicum ⓘ
linked to:
Phellodendron
Phellodendron lavalleei ⓘ
linked to:
Phellodendron
Phellodendron sachalinense ⓘ
linked to:
Phellodendron
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous ⓘ |
| leafType | pinnate leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Korea ⓘ Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to:
Russia Far East
Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to:
Russia Far East
northeastern China ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
cold climates
ⓘ
urban pollution ⓘ |
| usedFor |
landscaping
ⓘ
ornamental planting ⓘ ornamental tree ⓘ source of medicinal bark ⓘ timber (minor) ⓘ 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: Phellodendron Description of subject: Phellodendron is a small genus of deciduous trees known as cork trees, valued for their thick, corky bark and use in traditional medicine and landscaping.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Phellodendron
linked to: Phellodendron
linked to: Phellodendron
linked to: Phellodendron
linked to: Phellodendron