Trema
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Trema is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trema canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7237192 — 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: Trema Context triple: [Trema tomentosa, genus, Trema]
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A.
Trema tomentosa
Trema tomentosa is a species of flowering tree or shrub in the genus Trema, commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and known for its role in forest regeneration and as a pioneer species.
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B.
Trema orientalis
Trema orientalis is a fast-growing tropical tree species in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly known as charcoal-tree or pigeon wood, valued for its use in traditional medicine, fodder, and reforestation.
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C.
Trema micrantha
Trema micrantha is a fast-growing tropical tree species in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly used for reforestation, shade, and traditional medicine in the Americas.
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D.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
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E.
Grosmannia
Grosmannia is a genus of ascomycete fungi, many of which are important tree pathogens often associated with bark beetles and blue-stain of conifer 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: Trema Target entity description: Trema is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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A.
Trema tomentosa
Trema tomentosa is a species of flowering tree or shrub in the genus Trema, commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions and known for its role in forest regeneration and as a pioneer species.
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B.
Trema orientalis
Trema orientalis is a fast-growing tropical tree species in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly known as charcoal-tree or pigeon wood, valued for its use in traditional medicine, fodder, and reforestation.
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C.
Trema micrantha
Trema micrantha is a fast-growing tropical tree species in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly used for reforestation, shade, and traditional medicine in the Americas.
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D.
Coccoloba
Coccoloba is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, best known for species like sea grape that grow in tropical and subtropical coastal regions.
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E.
Grosmannia
Grosmannia is a genus of ascomycete fungi, many of which are important tree pathogens often associated with bark beetles and blue-stain of conifer wood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | genus ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Cannabaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | trema ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the hemp family Cannabaceae ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
early successional species
ⓘ
pioneer species ⓘ |
| family | Cannabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerSex | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| flowerType | small flowers ⓘ |
| fruitCharacteristic | small fleshy fruit ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| growthRate | fast-growing ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed sites
ⓘ
secondary forests ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Trema cannabina
ⓘ
Trema micrantha ⓘ Trema orientalis ⓘ Trema tomentosa ⓘ |
| isWoody | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
New World tropics
ⓘ
linked to:
New World
Old World tropics ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgan | broad leaves ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previousFamilyPlacement | Ulmaceae ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | bird-dispersed ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fodder
ⓘ
fuelwood ⓘ reforestation ⓘ shade ⓘ |
| woodProperty | light wood ⓘ |
| woodUse | low-grade timber ⓘ |
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: Trema Description of subject: Trema is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the hemp family (Cannabaceae), commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.