Rhizophora cylindrica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 443. 1753.

"Habitat in uliginosis Malabariae." RCN: 3434.

Lectotype (Merrill, Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 389. 1917): [icon] " Karii-kandel " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 6: 59, t. 33. 1686.

Current name: Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume ( Rhizophoraceae).