Caesalpinia major (Medik.) Dandy & Exell, J. Bot. 76 (1938) 180; Fosberg, Taxon 22 (1873) 162; Hattink, Reinwardtia 9 (1974) 39; Verdcourt, Manual New Guinea Leg., Lae Bot. Bull. 11 (1979) 26; J.E.Vidal in Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam 18 (1980) 38, pl. 5/9–12; in Fl. Thailand 4 (1984) 74, f. 18/9–12; Rudd in Fl. Ceylon 7 (1991) 49; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 548.
Bonduc majus Medik., Theod. Spec. (1786) 43, t. 3 upper part, excl. syn. Guilandina bonduc Linnaeus.
Caesalpinia globulorum Bakhuizen van den Brink f. & P.Royen, Blumea 12 (1963) 62; Backer & Bakhuizen van den Brink f., Fl. Java 1 (1964) 545.
Type: Frutex globulorum Rumph., Herb. Amb. 5 (1747) 89, t. 48, from Moluccan Islands.
Caesalpinia glabra auct. non (P. Miller) Merrill: Merrill, Philipp. J. Sc., Bot. 5 (1910) 54.