Menyanthes indica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 145. 1753.

"Habitat in Malabariae, Zeylonae fossis." RCN: 1163.

Lectotype (Marais & Verdoorn in Dyer & al., Fl. Southern Africa 26: 243. 1963): [icon] " Nedel ambel " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 11: 55, t. 28. 1692.

Current name: Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze ( Menyanthaceae).