Senna alata (Linnaeus) Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 2, 2 (1832) 349; Irwin & Barneby, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 35 (1982) 460; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 675.
Cassia alata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. (1753) 378; Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, 1 (1855) 93; Corner, Wayside Trees (1940) 388; de Wit, Webbia 11 (1956) 231; Backer & Bakhuizen van den Brink f., Fl. Java 1 (1964) 540; Hô, Ill. Fl. S. Vietnam, ed. 2, 1 (1970) 823, f. 2077; Verdcourt, Man. New Guin. Legumes (1979) 38; K. & S.S. Larsen in Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietn. 18 (1980) 86, pl. 15/1-2; in Fl. Thail. 4 (1984) 108, f. 27/1-2; Rudd in Fl. Ceylon 7 (1991) 68.
Type (Brenan, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Caesalp. (1967) 64): A cultivated plant in Herb. Clifford (BM), America.