Aeschynomene arborea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 713. 1753.

"Habitat - - - –” RCN: 5487.

Neotype (Pedley in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 462. 1997): Sri Lanka. North of Trincomalie, 1 Sep 1931, Simpson 8516 (BM).

Current name: Desmodium umbellatum (L.) DC. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).