Tragia mercurialis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 980. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 7104.

Lectotype (Radcliffe-Smith in Kew Bull. 37: 425. 1982): [icon] "Mercurialis Maderaspatensis tricoccos acetabulis destituta" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 205, f. 4. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 248. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 96: 187 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Micrococca mercurialis (L.) Benth. ( Euphorbiaceae).