= Carica baccata Heilb.; Acta Horti Berg. 9: 105 (figs. 1-3) (1928)
= Carica cucurbitifolia Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 29 (1958)
= Carica heterophylla Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Poepp. & Endl.) 2: 60 (1838)
= Carica manihot (Triana & Planch.) Solms; Mart., Fl. Bras. 13: III. 186 (1889)
= Carica microcarpa Jacq.; Hort. Schoenb. 3: 32 (1798)
= Carica microcarpa subsp. australis V.M.Badillo; Monogr. Caricaceae: 143 (1971)
= Carica microcarpa subsp. baccata (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Agron. Trop. (Maracay) 17(4): 262 (1967)
= Carica microcarpa subsp. heterophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) V.M.Badillo; Agron. Trop. (Maracay) 17: 262 (1967)
= Carica microcarpa subsp. pilifera V.M.Badillo; Agronomia Tropical (Maracay) 17(4): 262 (1967)
= Carica stylosa Heilb.; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 218 (1936)
= Papaya heterophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891)
= Papaya manihot (Triana & Planch.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 253 (1891)
= Papaya microcarpa (Jacq.) Poir.; Encyc. [J. Lam. & al.] Suppl. 4. 296 (1816)
= Vasconcellea heterophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) A.DC.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 15: I. 418 (1864)
= Vasconcellea manihot Triana & Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. V. 17: 191 (1873)
= Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. australis (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia 10(2): 77 (2000)
= Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. baccata (Heilb.) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia, n.s. 10: 77 (2000)
= Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. heterophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia 10(2): 77 (2000)
= Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. pilifera (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo; Ernstia 10(2): 77 (2000)