Forster, J.R. in Forster, J.R. & Forster J.G.A. (1775), Characteres Generum Plantarum: 74 [primary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 55, Code 338 [secondary reference]

common name: Grey Persimmon [n/a] common name: Brown Myrtle [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 56, 122, 139, Code 338 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Decaspermum humile (G.Don) A.J.Scott legitimate by Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 55, Code 338

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