Myrtus androsaemoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 472. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 3613.

Lectotype (Kostermans in Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 34: 152. 1981): Herb. Hermann 2: 53, No. 184 (BM) .

Current name: Syzygium cordifolium Walp. subsp. spissum (Alston) P.S. Ashton ( Myrtaceae).