Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 444 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 203 [secondary reference]

Correa da Serra, J.F. (1800), On two genera of plants belonging to the natural family of the Aurantia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 5: 222 - [secondary reference]

• Type: Crateva tapia L.

(1953), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 102: 190 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, M. (1964), The genus Crateva (Capparaceae). Blumea 12(2): 177-208 [secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (9 December 1982), Brassicaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 208 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT (native and naturalised), Qld

Kers, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Capparaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 52 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 111 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 226 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Crataeva G.Forst. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: NT (native and naturalised), Qld

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