Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1009 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 76 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 6 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 695 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 175 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 221 [secondary reference]

Jeffrey, C. (1967), Flora of Tropical East Africa: 31 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "from a plant cultivated at Hortekamp, Holland (BM!)

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 198 [secondary reference]

common name: Carilla Fruit [n/a] common name: Balsam Pear [n/a] common name: Ku Kua [n/a]

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

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 167, Fig. 37, Map 187 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Balsam Pear [n/a]

• APC Dist.: ChI, Qld, NSW (naturalised)

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 156 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 108 [secondary reference]

common name: Balsam Pear [n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 442 [secondary reference]

common name: Balsam Pear [n/a]

Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 165 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 194-195, Fig. 398 [secondary reference]

common name: Balsam Pear [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: 303 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 276 [secondary reference]

common name: Carilla Fruit [n/a] common name: Balsam Pear [n/a] common name: Kukua [n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 442 [secondary reference]

common name: Balsam Pear [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 2525 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 140-141 [secondary reference]

common name: Balsam Pear [n/a]

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