Pterocarpus ecastaphyllum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 13: 533. 1774.

["Habitat in America meridionali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1052 (1763). RCN: 5172.

Basionym: Hedysarum ecastaphyllum L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 78. 1920): Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 887.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Dalbergia ecastaphyllum (L.) Taub. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).