Cecropia
E67719
Cecropia is a genus of fast-growing tropical trees native to the Americas, known for their hollow stems that house ants in a mutualistic relationship and their distinctive large, palmate leaves.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecropia canonical | 3 |
| Cecropia peltata | 2 |
| Cecropia obtusa | 1 |
| Cecropia obtusifolia | 1 |
| Cecropia pachystachya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T538268 — 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: Cecropia Context triple: [Moraceae, contains, Cecropia]
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A.
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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B.
Ceboruco
Ceboruco is an active stratovolcano in western Mexico known for its historical eruptions and location within the country’s main volcanic arc.
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C.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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D.
Artocarpus
Artocarpus is a genus of tropical trees in the mulberry family that includes economically important fruit species such as breadfruit and jackfruit.
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E.
Holoptelea
Holoptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to parts of Africa and Asia, commonly known for species like Holoptelea integrifolia used in traditional medicine and as shade trees.
- 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: Cecropia Target entity description: Cecropia is a genus of fast-growing tropical trees native to the Americas, known for their hollow stems that house ants in a mutualistic relationship and their distinctive large, palmate leaves.
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A.
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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B.
Ceboruco
Ceboruco is an active stratovolcano in western Mexico known for its historical eruptions and location within the country’s main volcanic arc.
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C.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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D.
Artocarpus
Artocarpus is a genus of tropical trees in the mulberry family that includes economically important fruit species such as breadfruit and jackfruit.
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E.
Holoptelea
Holoptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to parts of Africa and Asia, commonly known for species like Holoptelea integrifolia used in traditional medicine and as shade trees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic | light-colored bark ⓘ |
| benefitFrom | protection from herbivores by ants ⓘ |
| branchingPattern | umbrella-like crown ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| colonizes | disturbed sites ⓘ |
| commonName | cecropias ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism | ant-plant mutualism ⓘ |
| dispersalMethod | animal-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| distribution |
Neotropics
ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
|
| ecologicalRole |
early successional species
ⓘ
pioneer species ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| fruitType | multiple fruit ⓘ |
| growthRate | fast-growing ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest edges
ⓘ
secondary forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| height | small to medium-sized trees ⓘ |
| interactionWithOtherSpecies | mutualism with ants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | spiral at branch tips ⓘ |
| leafCharacteristic | large leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | palmate leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm | tree ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | high light ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Cecropia obtusifolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Cecropia
Cecropia pachystachya ⓘ
linked to:
Cecropia
Cecropia peltata ⓘ
linked to:
Cecropia
|
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind pollination ⓘ |
| provides |
domatia for ants
ⓘ
food bodies for ants ⓘ |
| reproduction | dioecious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trunkCharacteristic | hollow stems ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reforestation
ⓘ
shade trees ⓘ timber for light construction ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| woodCharacteristic | lightweight wood ⓘ |
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: Cecropia Description of subject: Cecropia is a genus of fast-growing tropical trees native to the Americas, known for their hollow stems that house ants in a mutualistic relationship and their distinctive large, palmate leaves.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cecropia
linked to: Cecropia
linked to: Cecropia
linked to: Cecropia
linked to: Cecropia