The following subspecies and varieties are accepted:[1]
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. aneityensis (Brand) Noot. – Vanuatu
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. angustifolia (Guillaumin) Noot. – Hainan, Vietnam
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. doormannensis (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. floresana Noot. – Flores
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. glaberrima Noot. – Queensland
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. imbricata (Brand) Noot. – Luzon
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. insularis Noot. – Papua New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. leptophylla (Brand) Noot. – Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. longilobata Noot. – Papua New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. molobros (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. monticola Noot. – Papua New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. orbicularis (Hemsl.) Noot. – New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. ovata Noot. – Papua New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. parvifolia Noot. – Papua New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. pedicellata Noot. – Papua New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. philippinensis (Brand) Noot. – Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. reginae (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. revoluta Noot. – New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. schumanniana (Brand) Noot. – Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku Islands, New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. sessifolia (Blume) Noot. – west and central Java
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. sogeriensis (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. tomentosa Noot. – Louisiade Archipelago
- Symplocos cochinchinensis var. versteegii (Brand) Noot. – New Guinea
