Bauhinia pottsii G. Don, Gen. Syst. (1832) 462; de Wit, Reinwardtia 3 (1956) 402; Larsen & Larsen, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam. Soc. 25 (1973) 14; Bot. Tidsskr. 74 (1979) 7; in Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietn. 18 (1980) 154; in Fl. Thail. 4 (1984) 9; Wunderlin, Larsen & Larsen, Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 28 (1987) 16; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 450.
Type: Wolfe s. n. (SING neo).
Bauhinia purpurea auct. non L.: Zoll., Nat. Geneesk. Arch. Neerl. Ind. 3 (1846) 69.
Bauhinia potsii G. Don var. pottsii Larsen & Larsen in Fl. Thail. 4 (1984) 9; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 451.
Bauhinia elongata Korth., Kruidk. (1841) 89, pl. 24 (pottsii Bauh Ic Korth t24 ); Miquel, Anal. Ind. 1 (1850-52) 12; Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (1855) 61; Kurz, Fl. Burm. 1 (1877) 398; Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2 (1878) 281; Merr., Philipp. J. Sc., Bot. 5 (1910) 46; Backer, Schoolfl. Java (1911) 415; Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 1 (1928) 520; Heyne, Nutt. Pl. Indon., ed. 3 (1950) 736.
Phanera elongata (Korth.) Benth. in Miquel, Pl. Jungh. (1852) 262; Miquel, Anal. Ind. 1 (1850-52) 12; Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (1855) 61.
Bauhinia pottsii var. elongata (Korth.) de Wit, Reinwardtia 3 (1956) 404.
Vernacular names
Sebari [Java]
Aroy Kikupo Kupo [Sunda Islands]
Aroy tjendali [Sunda Islands]
Somite [Sunda Islands]
Sobheuri [Java] (Kangean)
Bardjen (Bali) [Sunda Islands]
Sajap lajan Kelokop (Kutai-Dyak) [East Kalimantan]
Bauhinia pottsii G. Don var. mollissima (Wall. ex Prain) Larsen & Larsen, Bot. Tidsskr. 74 (1979) 8; in Fl. Thail. 4 (1984) 10; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 451.
Bauhinia mollissima Wall. ex Prain (Wall., Cat. No. 5782) Prain, J. As. Soc. Beng. 66, ii (1890) 180, 183, 185, 499, 502; Brandis, Ind. Trees (1906) 259; Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins. 1 (1922) 626.
Type: Wallich Cat. 5782 (K holo), Penang.
Bauhinia pottsii G. Don var. subsessilis (Craib) de Wit, Reinwardtia 3 (1956) 406; Larsen & Larsen, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 25 (1973) 14; Bot. Tidsskr. 74 (1979) 11; in Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietn. 18 (1980) 154; in Fl. Thail. 4 (1984) 10; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 452.
Bauhinia subsessilis Craib, Kew Bull. (1927) 392; Fl. Siam. Enum. 1 (1928) 529.
Type: Kerr 9207 (K holo; AAU, ABD, E), Thailand.
Bauhinia pottsii G. Don var. velutina (Wall. ex Benth.) Larsen & Larsen, Bot. Tidsskr. 74 (1979) 8; in Fl. Thail. 4 (1984) 10; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 452.
Phanera velutina Benth. in Miquel Pl. Jungh. (1852) 262.
Bauhinia velutina Wall. ex Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2 (1878) 280; Fischer, Kew Bull. (1927) 87.
Type: Wallich Cat. 5781 (K lecto), Burma.