Sideroxylon inerme Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 192. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 1543.

Lectotype (Meeuse in Bothalia 7: 325. 1960): Herb. Linn. No. 261.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Sideroxylon Linnaeus (vide Baillon, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 114: 908. 1891).

Current name: Sideroxylon inerme L. ( Sapotaceae).