Necepsia castaneifolia Baill. Bouchat & J. Léonard [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 56: 191 (1986). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 218 (1987). Types from Madagascar.
Palissya castaneifolia Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Étud. Gén. Euphorb.: 503 (1858).
Alchornea castaneifolia Baill. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Linnaea 34: 167 (1865), non A. Juss.
Alchornea madagascariensis Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 900 (1866). Types from Madagascar.
Neopalissya castaneifolia Baill. Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, vii] 63: 16 (1914). —Drummond in Kirkia 10: 252 (1975). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa, ed. 2, rev.: 426 (1983).