= Olmedia caurensis Pittier; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 7: no. 51, 306 (1942)
= Olmedia ferruginea Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 2: 31 (1838)
= Olmedia laevis Ruiz & Pav.; Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 258 (1798)
= Olmediopsis lanceolata H.Karst.; Fl. Columb. [Karsten] 2: 17, t. 109 (1862)
= Olmediopsis obliqua H.Karst.; Fl. Columb. [Karsten] 2: 17, t. 109 (1862)
= Pseudolmedia alnifolia Rusby; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 229 (1927)
= Pseudolmedia ferruginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 8: 131 (1847)
= Pseudolmedia hirsuta Baill.; Adansonia 11: 295 (1873 publ. 1876)
= Pseudolmedia hirtellifolia Rusby; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 228 (1927)
= Pseudolmedia multinervis Mildbr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 189 (1927)
= Pseudolmedia obliqua (H.Karst.) Renner; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 375 (1907)
= Pseudolmedia sagotii Benoist; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 31: 468 (1925)