Cassia javanica Linnaeus subsp. nodosa (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) K. & S.S. Larsen, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 25 (1974) 205; in Fl. Camb., Laos. & Vietnam 18 (1980) 85; in Fl. Thailand 4 (1984) 108, pl. IV/1; Rudd in Fl. Ceylon 7 (1991) 68; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 564.
Cassia nodosa Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 2, 2 (1832) 336; Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins. 1 (1922) 616; de Wit, Webbia 11 (1956) 223; Backer & Bakhuizen van den Brink f., Fl. Java 1 (1964) 537; Irwin & Barneby, Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 35 (1982) 50.
Type (Irwin & Barneby 1982): authentic collection from Hort. Bot. Calcut., distributed as Wall. Herb. no. 5331 (K), a native of Chittagon, India.