Cracca tinctoria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 752. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 5567.

Basionym of: Galega tinctoria (L.) L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Rudd in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 7: 146. 1991): Herb. Hermann 3: 28, No. 302 (BM-000594670) .

Current name: Tephrosia tinctoria (L.) Pers. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).