Randia aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1192. 1753 sec. Lorence 2011
- =Randia mitis L., Sp. Pl.: 1192. 1753 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Randia latifolia Lam., Encycl. 3: 24. 1789 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Randia latifolia var. micrantha Schltdl. in Linnaea 6: 725. 1831 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Randia karstenii Polák in Linnaea 41(5–6): 568–569. 1877 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Genipa aculeata (L.) M. Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 288. 1894 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Mussaenda rotundifolia Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 59. 1894 syn. sec. ???
- =Randia guatemalensis Standl. in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 20: 202. 1919 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Randia aculeata var. chiapasina Loes. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 65: 109. 1923 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Randia montana L.O. Williams in Phytologia 24(2): 160–161, f. 1972 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006