Strychnos spinosa Lamarck in Illustr. 2: 38. 1794
- Type: Sonnerat (?) herb. Lamarck s.n.
- Type: Sonnerat (?) herb. Lamarck s.n. (P-LA)
- =Strychnos lokua A. RICH. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 53. 1851
- =Strychnos laxa SOLERED. in ENGLER, Bot. Jahrb. 17: 554. 1893
- =Strychnos schweinfurthii GILG. in ENGLER, Bot. Jahrb. 17: 568. 1893
- =Strychnos gilletii DE WILD. in Ann. Mus. Congo 1: 176. 1904
- =Strychnos spinosa subsp. lokua (A. RICH.) E. A. BRUCE, Kew Bull.: 42. 1955
- =Strychnos spinosa var. pubescens BAK. in Flora of Tropical Africa: 537
- –Strychnos djalonis A. CHEV. in Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Fr. 1: 442. 1920, nom. nud.
