Garcinia ovalifolia Oliv. in Fl. trop. Afr. 1: 166. 1868
- =Garcinia curvinervis Vesque in DC., Monogr. phan. 8: 311. 1893
- =Garcinia edeensis Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 560. 1908
- =Garcinia pynaertii De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. 2: 312. 1908
- =Garcinia claessensii De Wild. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 373. 1915
- =Garcinia acuminata A.Chev. in Exped. bot. Afrique occ. Franç. 1: 53. 1920
- =Garcinia ovalifolia var. acuminata (A.Chev.) Pellegr. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 106: 226. 1959
- =Garcinia ovalifolia var. curvinervis (Vesque) Pellegr. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 106: 227. 1959
- =Garcinia ovalifolia var. edeensis (Engl.) Pellegr. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 106: 227. 1959