Etymology:"The species epithet commemorates a botanically rich but loosely defined locality on the eastern edge of the Atherton Tableland known as Boonjee or Boonjie. For the sake of consistency the first alternative spelling is used as it has been used in the names Syzygium boonjee B.Hyland and Bulbophyllum boonjee B.Gray & D.L.Jones (=Adelopetalum boonjee (B.Gray & D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.)."