Maniltoa megalocephala Harms, Bot. Jahrb. 55 (1917) 52, f. 2; Verdcourt, Kew Bull. 32 (1977) 237; Man. New Guin. Legumes (1979) 67, f. 15; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 643.
Syntypes: Ledermann 7857, 7895, 10616 (B holo, lost; no duplicates found), Papua New Guinea (Sepik region).