Bauhinia malabarica Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832: 321. 1832 .

Ξ Bauhinia malabarica Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 31. 1814 [nom. nud.].

Ξ Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh.: 261. 1852.

Neotypus (designed here): INDIA: India Orientalis, 1813, Roxburgh s.n. (BM [BM001001035], arrow) (Fig. 1) .