protologue: Kew Bull. 52: 188 (1997)
5 566864 Jatropha afrotuberosa Radcl.-Sm. & GovaertsH.G.A. Engler, Pflanzenr., vol. 147(I): [Heft 42], (Euphorbiaceae - Jatropheae): p. 69, fig. 27 (1910)
567358Jatropha afrotuberosa [Jatropha tuberosa Pax]
H.G.A. Engler, O. Drude, Veg. Erde, vol. 9(3): : p. 120, fig. 58 (1921)