Spondias purpurea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 613. 1762.

"Habitat in India occidentali." RCN: 3335.

Lectotype (Bornstein in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 5: 103. 1989): [icon] "Myrobalanus minor folio fraxini alato, fructu purpureo, ossiculo magno fibroso" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 126, t. 219, f. 3, 4, 5. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 7: 66 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Spondias purpurea L. ( Anacardiaceae).