Kurz, W.S. (1877), VI. - Contributions towards a knowledge of the Burmese flora. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural history 46(2): 151 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Morinda bracteata Roxb. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1905), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 15(8): 898 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Hab. : Coen, Mrs. R.W. Garraway, April, 1905. This variety is met with in other tropical countries, but the present is the first time it has been noticed in Queensland."
• Comment: A.D.Chapman, Australian Plant Name Index 2034 (1991), attributes authorship of this name to Bailey and comments "This variety may have been published earlier in a non Australian publication". Bailey's use is here treated as a secondary reference to Kurz's name.

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

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]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 83 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Morinda bracteata var. celebica (Miq.) Valeton legitimate common name: Rotten Cheesefruit [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Morinda bracteata var. celebica (Miq.) Valeton legitimate

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