Knuth, R.G.P. in Engler, H.G.A. (1939), Das Pflanzenreich 105: 56 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Barringtonia careya F.Muell. legitimate

Bateman, W. & Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Some ecological and systematic notes on the vegetation near Mt. Marumba in the centre of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 331 [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: 263 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Careya australis F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.

Kartawinata, E.K. (1965), The genus Planchonia Blume (Lecythidaceae). Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 7: 181-185 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cumbia australis Britten legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 250 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 234 [secondary reference]

common name: Cockatoo Apple [n/a] common name: Cocky Apple [n/a]

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Lecythidaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 2, Map 1 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Barringtonia careya F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Careya arborea var. australis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Planchonia crenata Miers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Careya australis F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Cumbia australis Britten legitimate misapplication: Careya arborea Roxb. legitimate by Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1882), Botanical notes on Queensland. – No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7(1): 81 common name: Billygoat Plum [n/a] common name: Cocky Apple [n/a]

• Comment: Use: fruit and seed for food, bark as fish poison and fibres for cords

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 119 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Barringtoniaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 219 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Barringtonia careya F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Careya australis F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. common name: Cockatoo Apple [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 42 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Lecythidaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 236, Fig. 66B [secondary reference]

common name: Mangaloo [n/a] common name: Cocky Apple [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: 9, 37, 139, pl. 77(c), Code 960 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 110, 122, 179, Code 960 [secondary reference]

common name: Cocky Apple [n/a] common name: Billy Goat Plum [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 228, Code 960 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Cocky Apple [n/a] common name: Billygoat Plum [n/a] common name: Cockatoo Apple [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 226-227, Fig. 458 [secondary reference]

common name: Billy Goat Plum [n/a] common name: Cocky Apple [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: 306 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 114 [secondary reference]

common name: Cocky Apple [n/a]

• Vernacular: goolay (Bardi)

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: 71 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 268 [secondary reference]

common name: Cocky Apple [n/a] common name: Billy Goat Plum [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Barringtonia careya F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Careya arborea var. australis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Planchonia crenata Miers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Careya australis F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Cumbia australis Britten legitimate taxonomic synonym: Barringtonia australis F.Muell. ex Ewart & O.B.Davies nom. illeg. misapplication: Careya arborea Roxb. legitimate by Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1882), Botanical notes on Queensland. – No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7(1): 81

Barrett, R.L. (28 April 2006), A review of Planchonia (Lecythidaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 19(2): 148-151 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Careya australis F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. nomenclatural synonym: Barringtonia careya F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Careya australis F.Muell. ex F.M.Bailey legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Planchonia australis Beard nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Careya arborea var. australis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Planchonia crenata Miers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Careya australis F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Cumbia australis Britten legitimate misapplication: Careya arborea Roxb. legitimate by Leichhardt, L. (1847), Journal of an overland expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington,a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845: 466 misapplication: Careya arborea Roxb. legitimate by Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1882), Botanical notes on Queensland. – No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7(1): 81 misapplication: Careya arborea Roxb. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1889), Useful Native Plants of Australia: 13

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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