Bauhinia malabarica Roxb., Hort. Beng. (1814) 31, nom. nud.; Fl. Ind., ed. Carey (1832) 321; Wight & Arn., Prod. (1834) 294, 295; Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2 (1878) 277; Vidal, Cat. Pl. Pr. Manila (1886) 27; Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 117; Koord. & Valeton, Bijdr. Booms. Java 2 (1895) 24; Perkins, Fragm. Fl. Philip. 1 (1904) 8; Backer, Schoolfl. Java (1911) 416; Gagnep. in Fl. Indo-Chine 2 (1913) 146; Merr., Sp. Blanc. (1918) 172; Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 1 (1928) 524; K. Heyne, Nutt. Pl. Indon., ed. 3 (1950) 737; Quis., Med. Pl. Philipp. (1951) 367; Meijer Drees, Comm. For. Res. Inst. Bogor 33 (1951) 68; Larsen & Larsen, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 25 (1973) 12; in Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietn. 18 (1980) 162; in Fl. Thail. 4 (1984) 19; Wunderlin, Larsen & Larsen, Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 28 (1987) 18; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 456.
Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth. in Miquel, Pl. Jungh. (1852) 261; Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (1955) 73; de Wit, Reinwardtia 3 (1956) 531; Backer & Bakh. f., Fl. Java 1 (1963) 533; Hô, Ill. Fl. Vietnamam, ed. 2, 1 (1970) f. 2065.
Type: Roxburgh s. n. (not found, no corresponding illustration).
Bauhinia acida Reinw. ex Korth., Kruidk (1841) 86.
Pauletia acida (Reinw. ex Korth.) Hassk., Flora 31 (1848) 578.
Piliostigma acidum (Reinw. ex Korth.) Benth. in Miquel Pl. Jungh. (1852) 261; Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (1855) 72.
Type: Reinwardt s. n. (L sh. 908.112-109 holo).
Casparea castrata (Hassk.) Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar. (1848) 412.
Bauhinia castrata Hassk., Flora 25, Beibl. (1842) 96.
Type: unknown.
Bauhinia platyphylla Zipp. ex Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (1855) 73.
To be typified.
Bauhinia rugulosa Bl. ex Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (1855) 73.
To be typified.
Bauhinia hawkesiana F.M. Bailey, Quensl. Agr. J. 15 (1905) 897.
Type: Not distinctly cited in the protologue.
Bauhinia purpurea auct. non L.: DC., Prod. 2 (1825) 515, quoad spec. Timor; Vidal, Sin. Atlas 24 (1883) pl. 43, f. A.
Bauhinia tomentosa auct. non L.: Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 330; ed. 2 (1845) 230; ed. 3 (1878) 65, pl. 118 (sub Piliostigma acidum Benth.).
Vernacular names
Bambang (with prefixes alam-, ali-, bali-, kali- in various languages) [Philippines] Kandakajan [Sunda Islands]
Kendaja(h)an [Java]
Pontjollok [Java]
Tjampalok (Madura) [Java]
Rarukamba (Sumba) [Sunda Islands]
Kri(p)pi [Sunda Islands]
Rufe (Sumba) [Sunda Islands]
Masi (Timor) [Sunda Islands]
Kalikeng [Sunda Islands]
Njanjilu (Flores) [Sunda Islands]