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

"Habitat in Malabaria." RCN: 7454.

Lectotype (Merrill, Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 148. 1917): [icon] " Tsjageri-nuren " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 7: 63, t. 33. 1688.

Current name: Dioscorea pentaphyila L. ( Dioscoreaceae).