Hippophae
E94146
Hippophae is a small genus of hardy, nitrogen-fixing shrubs best known for sea buckthorn, whose bright orange berries are rich in vitamins and used in food, cosmetics, and traditional medicine.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hippophae rhamnoides | 3 |
| Hippophae canonical | 1 |
| Hippophae goniocarpa | 1 |
| Hippophae gyantsensis | 1 |
| Hippophae litangensis | 1 |
| Hippophae neurocarpa | 1 |
| Hippophae salicifolia | 1 |
| Hippophae tibetana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T714765 — 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: Hippophae Context triple: [Elaeagnaceae, includesGenus, Hippophae]
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A.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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B.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
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C.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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D.
Ziziphus
Ziziphus is a genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for producing edible drupes such as jujube, commonly found in warm-temperate and tropical regions.
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E.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
- 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: Hippophae Target entity description: Hippophae is a small genus of hardy, nitrogen-fixing shrubs best known for sea buckthorn, whose bright orange berries are rich in vitamins and used in food, cosmetics, and traditional medicine.
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A.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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B.
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis is a small genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, best known for the species Tetraclinis articulata, commonly called the sandarac or Barbary thuja.
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C.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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D.
Ziziphus
Ziziphus is a genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for producing edible drupes such as jujube, commonly found in warm-temperate and tropical regions.
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E.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | sea buckthorn genus ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| family | Elaeagnaceae ⓘ |
| flowerSex | dioecious ⓘ |
| fruitColor | orange ⓘ |
| fruitRichIn |
carotenoids
ⓘ
vitamin C ⓘ vitamin E ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like drupe ⓘ |
| fruitUsedFor |
cosmetics
ⓘ
food products ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| growthForm | shrub ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal areas
ⓘ
mountain slopes ⓘ riverbanks ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Hippophae goniocarpa
ⓘ
linked to:
Hippophae
Hippophae gyantsensis ⓘ
linked to:
Hippophae
Hippophae litangensis ⓘ
linked to:
Hippophae
Hippophae neurocarpa ⓘ
linked to:
Hippophae
Hippophae rhamnoides ⓘ
linked to:
Hippophae
Hippophae salicifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Hippophae
Hippophae tibetana ⓘ
linked to:
Hippophae
|
| isNitrogenFixing | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central Asia
ⓘ
China ⓘ Europe ⓘ Himalayas ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ Russia ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| symbioticPartner | Frankia bacteria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
poor soils ⓘ salinity ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Hippophae rhamnoides
ⓘ
linked to:
Hippophae
|
| usedFor |
land reclamation
ⓘ
ornamental planting ⓘ shelterbelts ⓘ soil stabilization ⓘ |
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: Hippophae Description of subject: Hippophae is a small genus of hardy, nitrogen-fixing shrubs best known for sea buckthorn, whose bright orange berries are rich in vitamins and used in food, cosmetics, and traditional medicine.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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