Parashorea
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Parashorea is a genus of large tropical rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae, known for their towering height and valuable timber.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Parashorea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21869174 — 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: Parashorea Context triple: [Dipterocarpaceae, notableGenus, Parashorea]
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A.
Shorea
Shorea is a large genus of tropical hardwood trees, many valued for timber and resin, predominantly found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia.
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B.
Dryobalanops
Dryobalanops is a genus of large tropical hardwood trees, including commercially important camphor-producing species, native to Southeast Asian rainforests.
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C.
Tristaniopsis
Tristaniopsis is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to Southeast Asia and Australia, known for their glossy evergreen foliage and small, fragrant, myrtle-like flowers.
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D.
Prumnopitys
Prumnopitys is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees known as “plum pines,” native to the Southern Hemisphere and valued for their dense wood and fleshy, bird-dispersed seed cones.
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E.
Lagarostrobos
Lagarostrobos is a small genus of southern hemisphere coniferous trees best known for the durable, fine-grained timber of its species such as Huon pine.
- 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: Parashorea Target entity description: Parashorea is a genus of large tropical rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae, known for their towering height and valuable timber.
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A.
Shorea
Shorea is a large genus of tropical hardwood trees, many valued for timber and resin, predominantly found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia.
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B.
Dryobalanops
Dryobalanops is a genus of large tropical hardwood trees, including commercially important camphor-producing species, native to Southeast Asian rainforests.
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C.
Tristaniopsis
Tristaniopsis is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to Southeast Asia and Australia, known for their glossy evergreen foliage and small, fragrant, myrtle-like flowers.
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D.
Prumnopitys
Prumnopitys is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees known as “plum pines,” native to the Southern Hemisphere and valued for their dense wood and fleshy, bird-dispersed seed cones.
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E.
Lagarostrobos
Lagarostrobos is a small genus of southern hemisphere coniferous trees best known for the durable, fine-grained timber of its species such as Huon pine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.