Dioscorea pentaphylla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1032. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 7453.

Lectotype (Jayasuriya in Dassanayake & al., Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 9: 55. 1995): [icon] " Nuren-kelengu " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 7: 67, t. 35. 1688.

Current name: Dioscorea pentaphylla L. ( Dioscoreaceae).