Crescentia cujete L., Sp. Pl., ed. 1, 2: 626. 1753 sec. Martínez & Ramos 2012
- =Crescentia acuminata Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 157. 1819 ["1818"] syn. sec. Gentry 1982
- =Crescentia arborea Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 81. 1838 syn. sec. Gentry 1982
- =Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner in J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 422. 1840 syn. sec. Gentry 1982
- =Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 1, 23: 20. 1862 syn. sec. Gentry 1982
- =Crescentia fasciculata Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 1, 26: 171. 1868 syn. sec. Gentry 1982
- =Crescentia plectantha Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 1, 26: 170. 1868 syn. sec. Gentry 1982
- =Crescentia spathulata Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 1, 26: 173. 1868 syn. sec. Gentry 1982
- =Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K. Schum., Fl. Bras. 8(2): 403. 1897 syn. sec. Gentry 1982