Cordia macrophylla Linnaeus, Flora Jamaicensis: 14. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 274 (1762). RCN: 1525.

Lectotype (Miller in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 801. 2004): [icon] " Prunus racemosa, foliis oblongis hirsutis maximis, fructu rubro " in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 130, t. 221, f. 1. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 7: 71, 72 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Cordia macrophylla L. ( Boraginaceae).