Asclepias lactifera Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 216. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 1781.

Lectotype (Huber in Abeywickrama, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1(1): 45. 1973): Herb. Hermann 2: 11, No. 111 (BM-000621538) .

Current name: Gymnema lactiferum (L.) R. Br. ex Schult. ( Asclepiadaceae).