Sideroxylon melanophleos Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 178; Mantissa Plantarum: 48. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. David v. Royen." RCN: 1544.

Lectotype (Dyer in Dyer & al., Fl. Southern Africa 26: 8. 1963): Herb. Linn. No. 261.3 (LINN) .

Current name: Rapanea melanophleos (L.) Mez ( Sapotaceae).