Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J. de Wilde, Blumea 15 (1968) 393, f. 1A (asoca Saraca infl FM43 ); Zuijderh., Blumea 15 (1968) 422, map 3; Whitmore in Tree Fl. Malaya 1 (1972) 269; Verdc., Man. New Guin. Legumes (1979) 88; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 662, f. 43a, b (see figure above).
[Asjogam Rheede, Hort. Malab. 5 (1685) 117, t. 59].
Jonesia asoca Roxb., Asiat. Res. 4 (1799) 355, t. 252, 253.
Jonesia pinnata Willd., Sp. Pl. 2, 1 (1799) 287, nom. illeg.
Type: Anonymous s. n. (BR, n. v.), India, cult. in Bot. Gard. Calcutta.
Jonesia confusa Hassk., Retzia 1 (1855) 194, nom. illeg., excl. syn.; Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, 1 (1855) 1080, pro syn.
Saraca confusa (Hassk.) Backer, Voorl. Schoolfl. Java (1908) 103; Schoolfl. Java (1911) 421; Backer & Bakh. f., Fl. Java 1 (1964) 527.
Type: Based on a living plant (origin unknown) cult. in Bot. Gard. Bogor, Java.
Saraca indica auct. non L.: Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India 2 (1878) 271; Corner, Wayside Trees 1 (1940) 402.