= Commicarpus africanus (Lour.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39: Suppl., p. 21 (1969), basionymo cit.
= Commicarpus africanus (Lour.) Dandy; F. W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 1: 152 (1950), without basionym
= Gisekia aspera Klotzsch; Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 136 (1861)
= Gisekia burchellii Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 28 (1849)
= Gisekia miltus Fenzl; Endl. & Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec.: 86 (1839), nom. illeg.
= Gisekia pentadecandra E.Mey. ex Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 28 (1849)
= Gisekia pierrei Gagnep.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 367 (1918)
= Miltus africana Lour.; Fl. Cochinch.: 302 (1790)