Dolichos bulbosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1021. 1763, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 5342.

Replaced synonym: Dolichos erosus L. (1753) .

Lectotype ( Sørensen in Nordic J. Bot. 8: 169, 177. 1988): [icon] " Phaseolus Nevisensis foliis multangulis, tuberosa radice esculenta" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 52, f. 4. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 292. 1696.

Current name: Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: An illegitimate replacement name for D. erosus L. (1753) .