Lodoicea maldivica
E621373
Lodoicea maldivica is a rare palm species native to the Seychelles, famous for producing the largest and heaviest seeds in the plant kingdom, known as coco de mer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lodoicea maldivica canonical | 3 |
| Lodoicea | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6783271 — 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: Lodoicea maldivica Context triple: [Coco de Mer palm, hasScientificName, Lodoicea maldivica]
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A.
Lilaea
Lilaea was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources and associated with the worship of the nymph Lilaia.
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B.
Rhizophora
Rhizophora is a genus of tropical mangrove trees best known for forming dense coastal forests with distinctive stilt roots that stabilize shorelines and provide vital habitat for marine life.
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C.
Diadema
Diadema is an industrial and densely populated municipality in the Greater São Paulo metropolitan area of southeastern Brazil.
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D.
Melaleuca
Melaleuca is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species like the tea tree that produce aromatic oils used in medicine and cosmetics.
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E.
Sonneratia
Sonneratia is a genus of mangrove trees and shrubs known for inhabiting intertidal coastal zones in the Indo-Pacific region.
- 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: Lodoicea maldivica Target entity description: Lodoicea maldivica is a rare palm species native to the Seychelles, famous for producing the largest and heaviest seeds in the plant kingdom, known as coco de mer.
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A.
Lilaea
Lilaea was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources and associated with the worship of the nymph Lilaia.
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B.
Rhizophora
Rhizophora is a genus of tropical mangrove trees best known for forming dense coastal forests with distinctive stilt roots that stabilize shorelines and provide vital habitat for marine life.
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C.
Diadema
Diadema is an industrial and densely populated municipality in the Greater São Paulo metropolitan area of southeastern Brazil.
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D.
Melaleuca
Melaleuca is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, best known for species like the tea tree that produce aromatic oils used in medicine and cosmetics.
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E.
Sonneratia
Sonneratia is a genus of mangrove trees and shrubs known for inhabiting intertidal coastal zones in the Indo-Pacific region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant
ⓘ
palm ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| biogeographicRealm | Afrotropical ⓘ |
| climatePreference | humid tropical climate ⓘ |
| commonName |
coco de mer palm
ⓘ
linked to:
Coco de Mer palm
double coconut ⓘ sea coconut ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| culturalSignificance | national symbol of Seychelles ⓘ |
| describedAs | Lodoicea maldivica (J.F.Gmel.) Pers. ⓘ |
| distribution | restricted distribution ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Seychelles ⓘ |
| family | Arecaceae ⓘ |
| fruitCommonName | coco de mer ⓘ |
| fruitDevelopmentTime | several years ⓘ |
| genus |
Lodoicea
ⓘ
linked to:
Lodoicea maldivica
|
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
granite slopes
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ valleys ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafLength | up to about 10 meters ⓘ |
| leafType | fan-shaped leaves ⓘ |
| lifespan | long-lived palm ⓘ |
| management | subject to strict collection controls ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Curieuse Island
ⓘ
Praslin Island ⓘ
linked to:
Praslin
Seychelles ⓘ |
| order | Arecales ⓘ |
| originallyDescribedIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| produces |
heaviest seed in the plant kingdom
ⓘ
largest seed in the plant kingdom ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Seychelles national legislation ⓘ |
| regeneration | slow natural regeneration ⓘ |
| reproductiveBiology | dioecious ⓘ |
| seedCommonName | coco de mer ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | limited natural dispersal ⓘ |
| seedMass | up to about 18 kilograms ⓘ |
| seedShape | bilobed ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
overexploitation of seeds ⓘ |
| uses |
ornamental
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
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: Lodoicea maldivica Description of subject: Lodoicea maldivica is a rare palm species native to the Seychelles, famous for producing the largest and heaviest seeds in the plant kingdom, known as coco de mer.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lodoicea maldivica
linked to: Lodoicea maldivica