Apocynum frutescens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 213. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 1766.

Lectotype (Huber in Abeywickrama, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1(1): 27. 1973): Herb. Hermann 3: 29, No. 114 (BM-000621912) .

Current name: Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T. Aiton ( Apocynaceae).