Carissa edulis Forssk. Vahl [family APOCYNACEAE], Symb. Bot. 1: 22 (1790). — Stapfin F.T.A. 4, 1: 89 (1902).— Pichon in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madag., Sér. B, 2: 127 (1949), excl. syn. C. abyssinica R. Br. et C. africana A. DC. — Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 45 (1961). — Irvine, Woody Pl. Ghana: 616, fig. 120 (1961).— F. White, F.F.N.R.: 347 (1962).— H. Huber in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 54 (1963). — Codd in Fl. Southern Afr. 26: 251 (1963). — Fanshawe, Check List Woody Pl. Zambia: 9 (1973).—R. B. Drumm. in Kirkia 10: 268 (1975). Type from Yemen.
Antura edulis Forssk. [family APOCYNACEAE], Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: cvi, 63 (1775). Type as above.
Antura hadiensis G. F. Gmelin [family APOCYNACEAE], Syst. Nat., ed. 13: 405 (1791), nom. superfl. illegit. Type as above.
Arduina edulis Forssk. Spreng. [family APOCYNACEAE], Syst. Veg. 1: 669 (1825). Type as above.
Carissa dulcis Schumach. & Thonn. [family APOCYNACEAE], [ex Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl.; 146 (1827?)] in Kongel. Dansk. Vid Selsk. Naturvid. Math. Afh. 3: 166 (1828). Type from Guinea.
Carissa pubescens A. DC. [family APOCYNACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 8: 334 (1844). Type from Senegal.
Carissa tomentosa A. Rich. [family APOCYNACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 30 (1851). Type from Ethiopia.
Carissa pilosa Schinz [family APOCYNACEAE], in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brand. 30: 258 (1888). Type from Namibia.
Jasminonerium edule Forssk. Kuntze [family APOCYNACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 415 (1891). Type as for Carissa edulis.
Jasminonerium pubescens A. DC. Kuntze [family APOCYNACEAE], loc. cit. Type as for Carissa pubescens.
Jasminonerium tomentosum A. Rich. Kuntze [family APOCYNACEAE], loc. cit. Type as for Carissa tomentosa.
Carissa edulis var. tomentosa A. Rich. Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 90 (1902). Type as above.
Jasminonerium dulce Schumach. Kuntze [family APOCYNACEAE], loc. cit. Type as for Carissa dulcis.
Carissa edulis var. major Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], loc. cit. Syntypes from Transvaal, Angola and Malawi: Manganja Hills, ix-xi.1861, Meller s.n. (K, lectotype); foot of Mt. Chiradzulu, 3.x.1859, Kirk s.n. (K, lecto paratype).
Azima pubescens Suesseng. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Mitt. Bot. Staatss. München 1: 334 (1953). Syntypes from Namibia.