Convolvulus malabaricus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 155. 1753.

"Habitat in Malabariae arenosis." RCN: 1233.

Lectotype (Suresh in Nicolson & al., Interpret. Van Rheede’s Hort. Malab.: 88. 1988): [icon] " Kattu-kelengu " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 11: 105, t. 51. 1692.

Current name: Hewittia malabarica (L.) Suresh ( Convolvulaceae).