Schrader, H.A. (1838), Reliquiae Schraderianae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 12: 414 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cucumis colocynthis L. legitimate

White, C.T. & Francis, W.D. (1926), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 37: 161 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 806 [secondary reference]

common name: Colocynth [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]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 66 [secondary reference]

common name: Colocynth [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 624 [secondary reference]

common name: Wild Watermelon [n/a] common name: Colocynth [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 108 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R. & Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 230, Fig. 269D-F [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cucumis colocynthis L. legitimate

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 175, Map 194 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cucumis colocynthis L. legitimate common name: Colocynth [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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: 23 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 443 [secondary reference]

common name: Colocynth [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 247, Fig. 70A [secondary reference]

common name: Colocynth [n/a]

Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 382, Fig. 79e [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cucumis colocynthis L. legitimate common name: Colocynth [n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 443 [secondary reference]

common name: Colocynth [n/a]

Nesom, G.L. (2011), New state records for Citrullus, Cucumis, and Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) outside of cultivation in the USA. Phytoneuron 1: 3 [secondary reference]

common name: vine of Sodom [n/a] common name: bitter cucumber [n/a] common name: bitter apple [n/a] common name: colocynth [n/a]

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