Phaseolus unguiculatus Linnaeus, Herbarium Amboinense: 23. 1754.

"Habitat [in Amboina.]"

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 479. 1997): [icon] "Cacara nigra" in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: 381, t. 138. 1747. - Epitype (Verdcourt in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 479. 1997): U.S.A. Mississippi, Biloxi, 23 Nov 1910, Tracy, S.P.I. No. 25755 "Stizolobium aterrimum" (K; iso- US?).

Current name: Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wight) Burck ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).