Dais octandra Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 297; Mantissa Plantarum: 69. 1767.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 3067.

Lectotype (Ding Hou in van Steenis, Fl. Malesiana, ser. I, 6: 18. 1960): Herb. Linn. No. 554.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Phaleria octandra (L.) Baill. ( Thymelaeaceae).