Ocimum menthoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 598. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 4341.

Lectotype (Press & Sivarajan in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 19: 114. 1989): Herb. Hermann 1: 62, No. 229, left specimen (BM-000621440) .

Current name: Platostoma menthoides (L.) A.J. Paton ( Lamiaceae).