Cynometra novoguineensis Merrill & L.M. Perry, J. Arnold Arbor. 23 (1942) 397; Knaap-van Meeuwen, Blumea 18 (1970) 28; Verdcourt, Man. New Guin. Legumes (1979) 82; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 605.
Type: bb 25712 (A holo; BO, L (novoguineensis Cynom TYPE , novoguineensis Cynom TYPE label )), New Guinea.