Hibiscus ficulneus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 695. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 5091.

Lectotype (Borssum Waalkes in Blumea 14: 102. 1966): [icon] " Ketmia Zeylanica, Fid folio, perianthio oblongo integro " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 190, t. 157, f. 190. 1732.

Current name: Hibiscus ficulneus L. ( Malvaceae).