Kostermans, A.J.G.H. (1977), Notes on Asiatic, Pacific, and Australian Diospyros (Ebenaceae). Blumea 23(2): 454 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "AUSTRALIA. N. Territory. W. Arnhem land, Mt. Bundey, granite hills, alt. 50 m, mature fruit brown, scattered in open forest, July, Van Balgooy & Byrnes 1284 (L)."

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 28 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Ebenaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 271, Fig. 78A [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 98 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Diospyros montana Roxb. legitimate

• Vernacular: goolarl (Bardi)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Diospyros rugosula R.Br. legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (3 December 2014), A taxonomic revision of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 9(2): 164 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Diospyros rugosula R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Diospyros rugosula R.Br. legitimate

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