Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, 2 (1832) 362; emend. Dandy & Exell, J. Bot. 76 (1938) 179; Hattink, Reinwardtia 9 (1974) 17, f. 3; Verdc., Manual New Guinea Leg., Lae Bot. Bull. 11 (1979) 23; Rudd in Fl. Ceylon 7 (1991) 48; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 541.
Guilandina bonduc L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 381, not of later ed.
Lectotype (Dandy & Exell 1938): Herb. Hermann 3, fol. 35 (BM); syntype: Herb. Hermann 2, fol. 17 (BM), Ceylon.
Caesalpinia sogerensis Baker f., J. Bot. 61, Suppl. (1923) 12.
Type: Forbes 112 (BM holo; L, P), New Guinea.