Excoecaria madagascariensis Baill. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 1219 (1866). —Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, v] 52: 160 (1912). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 140 (1921). —Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 203 (1961). —Drummond in Kirkia 10: 253 (1975). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa, ed. 2, rev.: 435 (1983). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 383 (1987). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 207 (1994). Type from Madagascar.
Excoecaria sylvestris S. Moore [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 204 (1911). Syntypes: Zimbabwe, Chirinda Forest, 1130–1220 m, 31.i.1906, Swynnerton 72 (BM; K; SRGH); x.1908, Swynnerton 72a (BM).
Sapium madagascariensis Baill. Prain [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 1: 1010 (1913). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 398 (1916). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 226 (1949), non Müll. Arg. (1863), nec Pax (1890).
Spirostachys madagascariensis Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Étud. Gén. Euphorb., Atlas 17, t. 8, f. 19, 21 (1858). Type as above.