Justicia ecbolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 15. 1753.

"Habitat in Malabaria, Zeylona." RCN: 108.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 2: 31, t. 20. 1679; [icon] in Burman, Thes. Zeylan.: 7, t. 4, f. 1. 1737; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 171, f. 4. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 126. 1696.

Current name: Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen (Acanthaceae).