Morinda royoc Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 176. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 1388.

Lectotype (Lorence in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 68. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 73, Morinda 1 (BM-000558129) .

Generitype of Morinda Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 132. 1929).

Current name: Morinda royoc L. ( Rubiaceae).