Ocotea foetens
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Ocotea foetens is a large, evergreen laurel tree native to the Macaronesian laurel forests, particularly notable in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ocotea foetens canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7632587 — 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: Ocotea foetens Context triple: [Anaga Rural Park, hasFlora, Ocotea foetens]
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A.
Petiveria
Petiveria is a small genus of flowering plants, best known for the species Petiveria alliacea, a pungent herb widely used in traditional medicine and folk practices in the Americas.
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B.
Guaiacum sanctum
Guaiacum sanctum is a slow-growing tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean and Central America, renowned for its extremely dense, durable wood and historical medicinal uses.
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C.
Albizia amara
Albizia amara is a drought-tolerant deciduous tree native to South Asia, valued for its hardy timber, soil-improving properties, and use in traditional medicine.
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D.
Acastus
Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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E.
Peumus boldus
Peumus boldus is an aromatic evergreen tree native to Chile, known for its medicinal leaves commonly used as a herbal remedy and in traditional liqueurs.
- 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: Ocotea foetens Target entity description: Ocotea foetens is a large, evergreen laurel tree native to the Macaronesian laurel forests, particularly notable in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
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A.
Petiveria
Petiveria is a small genus of flowering plants, best known for the species Petiveria alliacea, a pungent herb widely used in traditional medicine and folk practices in the Americas.
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B.
Guaiacum sanctum
Guaiacum sanctum is a slow-growing tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean and Central America, renowned for its extremely dense, durable wood and historical medicinal uses.
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C.
Albizia amara
Albizia amara is a drought-tolerant deciduous tree native to South Asia, valued for its hardy timber, soil-improving properties, and use in traditional medicine.
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D.
Acastus
Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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E.
Peumus boldus
Peumus boldus is an aromatic evergreen tree native to Chile, known for its medicinal leaves commonly used as a herbal remedy and in traditional liqueurs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evergreen tree
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laurel ⓘ tree species ⓘ vascular plant ⓘ |
| barkColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| barkTexture | rough ⓘ |
| binomialName | Ocotea foetens ⓘ |
| climatePreference |
humid subtropical
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oceanic ⓘ |
| commonName |
stinkwood
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til ⓘ tilo ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| describedBy | Aiton ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
canopy tree
ⓘ
shade provider ⓘ |
| endemicRegion |
Macaronesian archipelagos
ⓘ
linked to:
Macaronesia
|
| family | Lauraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | yellowish-white ⓘ |
| flowerSex | unisexual ⓘ |
| foundInEcosystem |
Macaronesian laurisilva
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laurel forest ⓘ |
| fruitColor | dark when ripe ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like drupe ⓘ |
| genus | Ocotea ⓘ |
| hasOdor | strong smell in wood ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafShape | elliptic ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Azores
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Canary Islands ⓘ Macaronesia ⓘ Madeira ⓘ |
| order | Laurales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
fertile
ⓘ
humid ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trunkDiameter | up to about 1 m ⓘ |
| typicalHeight |
can exceed 30 m
ⓘ
up to 40 m ⓘ |
| usedFor |
carpentry
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furniture ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
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: Ocotea foetens Description of subject: Ocotea foetens is a large, evergreen laurel tree native to the Macaronesian laurel forests, particularly notable in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.