Camellia sinensis var. sinensis

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cultivar group plant variety tea plant variety

Camellia sinensis var. sinensis is the small-leafed Chinese variety of the tea plant widely cultivated for producing many traditional green, white, and black teas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Camellia sinensis	6
Camellia sinensis var. sinensis canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3992939 — 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: Camellia sinensis var. sinensis
Context triple: [Keemun black tea, teaPlantVariety, Camellia sinensis var. sinensis]

A. Lu’an Guapian tea
Lu’an Guapian tea is a famous Chinese green tea from Lu’an in Anhui Province, renowned for its flat, melon-seed-shaped leaves and rich, mellow flavor.
B. Longjing tea
Longjing tea is a famous high-quality Chinese green tea, renowned for its flat, jade-green leaves and delicate, nutty flavor, traditionally produced near Hangzhou in Zhejiang province.
C. Keemun black tea
Keemun black tea is a renowned Chinese black tea variety prized for its rich, mellow flavor and aromatic, winey notes.
D. Green Tea
"Green Tea" is a gothic short story by Sheridan Le Fanu that follows a clergyman haunted by a demonic monkey, exploring themes of madness, the supernatural, and psychological terror.
E. Ming Tea
Ming Tea is a fictional 1960s-style rock band fronted by Mike Myers that appears in the Austin Powers film series, including "Austin Powers in Goldmember."
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: Camellia sinensis var. sinensis
Target entity description: Camellia sinensis var. sinensis is the small-leafed Chinese variety of the tea plant widely cultivated for producing many traditional green, white, and black teas.

A. Lu’an Guapian tea
Lu’an Guapian tea is a famous Chinese green tea from Lu’an in Anhui Province, renowned for its flat, melon-seed-shaped leaves and rich, mellow flavor.
B. Longjing tea
Longjing tea is a famous high-quality Chinese green tea, renowned for its flat, jade-green leaves and delicate, nutty flavor, traditionally produced near Hangzhou in Zhejiang province.
C. Keemun black tea
Keemun black tea is a renowned Chinese black tea variety prized for its rich, mellow flavor and aromatic, winey notes.
D. Green Tea
"Green Tea" is a gothic short story by Sheridan Le Fanu that follows a clergyman haunted by a demonic monkey, exploring themes of madness, the supernatural, and psychological terror.
E. Ming Tea
Ming Tea is a fictional 1960s-style rock band fronted by Mike Myers that appears in the Austin Powers film series, including "Austin Powers in Goldmember."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultivar group ⓘ plant variety ⓘ tea plant variety ⓘ
altitudePreference	highland regions ⓘ
caffeineContent	contains caffeine ⓘ
climatePreference	subtropical ⓘ temperate ⓘ
commonName	Chinese tea plant ⓘ
containsCompound	catechins ⓘ flavonoids ⓘ polyphenols ⓘ theanine ⓘ
cultivatedFor	tea leaves ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Camellia sinensis var. assamica ⓘ linked to: Assam tea
domain	Eukaryota ⓘ
economicUse	commercial tea production ⓘ
family	Theaceae ⓘ
flowerColor	white ⓘ
genus	Camellia ⓘ
geographicCultivation	Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ central China ⓘ eastern China ⓘ
growthForm	pruned for plucking table in plantations ⓘ
harvestPart	leaf buds ⓘ young leaves ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafCharacteristic	smaller leaves than Camellia sinensis var. assamica ⓘ thicker leaves than many ornamental Camellia species ⓘ
leafSize	small-leafed ⓘ
nativeTo	China ⓘ East Asia ⓘ
order	Ericales ⓘ
parentTaxon	Camellia sinensis ⓘ linked to: Camellia sinensis var. sinensis
plantHabit	evergreen shrub ⓘ small tree ⓘ
pollination	insect-pollinated ⓘ
propagationMethod	cuttings ⓘ seed ⓘ
taxonRank	variety ⓘ
teaTypeAssociation	high-mountain Chinese teas ⓘ high-quality green teas ⓘ
usedFor	black tea production ⓘ green tea production ⓘ oolong tea production ⓘ post-fermented tea production ⓘ white tea production ⓘ yellow tea production ⓘ
usedIn	Chinese tea culture ⓘ Japanese tea production ⓘ Korean tea production ⓘ

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