Columnea longifolia Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 427; Mantissa Plantarum: 90. 1767.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 4645.

Lectotype (Cramer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 404. 1981): [icon] " Bahel-tsjulli " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 9: 169, t. 87. 1689.

Current name: Artanema longifolium (L.) Vatke ( Scrophulariaceae).