Dioscorea bulbifera Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1033. 1753.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 7457.

Lectotype (Milne-Redhead in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Dioscoreaceae: 10. 1975): [icon] " Rizophora Zeylanica " in Hermann, Parad. Bat.: 217. 1698 (see p. 136).

Current name: Dioscorea bulbifera L. ( Dioscoreaceae).