Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 176 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xliv [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 423 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 75 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 249 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: Ko-on-je-rung

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1178 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 306 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 67, Code 432 [secondary reference]

common name: Tokoonja [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 261 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 67, 125, 143, Code 432 [secondary reference]

common name: Tokoonja [n/a]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 204 [secondary reference]

common name: Great Morinda [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 155 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 72 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Morinda. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 920, Fig. 283B [secondary reference]

common name: Cheesefruit [n/a]

Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system: 17, 36, 206, pl. 144(b), Code 432 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Rubiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 398-399, Fig. 72 [secondary reference]

common name: Mengkudu [n/a] common name: Cheese Fruit [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 101, 129, 175, Code 432 [secondary reference]

common name: Tookoonja [n/a] common name: Great Morinda [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 432, Code 432 [secondary reference]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Great Morinda [n/a] common name: Cheesefruit [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 194-195, Fig. 399 [secondary reference]

common name: Cheese Fruit [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 311 [secondary reference]

Williams, D.G. (1994), Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 404: 24 [secondary reference]

common name: Cheesefruit [n/a]

• Vernacular: Mengkudu

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 445 [secondary reference]

common name: Cheese-fruit [n/a] common name: Canary-wood [n/a] common name: Great Morinda [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Morinda citrifolia L. var. citrifolia legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Morinda citrifolia var. typica Domin nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, NT, Qld

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

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