1924 (N.Y. Acad. Sci.) V. iv. 496 Hura crepitans... Forests and wooded hills, at lower and middle elevations... Sandbox-tree. Monkey pistol.
1992 Sept. 76/2 The trail leads past the thorny trunks of the monkey pistol; past the good-tasting but well-guarded yellow fruit of the spiny bromeliad called pinguin.