Tradescantia malabarica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1:412. 1762.

"Habitat in Malabaria." RCN: 2285.

Lectotype (Faden in Dassanayake & Clayton, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 14: 145. 2000): [icon] “Tali-pullu” in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 9: 123, t. 63. 1689.

Current name: Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan ( Commelinaceae).