Jatropha carpinifolia Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 240 (1895); in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 529 (1897).
Jatropha fallax Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 284 (1903). Type from Tanzania (Eastern Province).
Mildbraedia carpinifolia Pax Hutch. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 1: 801 (1912). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 120 (1921). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 220 (1949). —Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 210 (1961). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 340 (1987). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 215 (1994). Type from Tanzania (Eastern Province).
Neojatropha carpinifolia Pax Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, i] 42: 114 (1910).
Neojatropha fallax Pax Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, i] 42: 115, t. 41 (1910).
Mildbraedia fallax Pax Hutch. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 1: 800 (1912). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 120 (1921). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 220 (1949).