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• Type: Mesua ferrea L.

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Kostermans, A.J.G.H. (1969), Kayea Wall. and Mesua L. (Guttiferae). Reinwardtia 7(5): 427 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 125 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Clusiaceae-Guttiferae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 59 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 540 [secondary reference]

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