Hippocratea indica Willd. [family CELASTRACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 1: 193 (1797). — Roxb., Pl. Corom. 2: 16, t. 130 (1799). — Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 368 (1868). — Ficalho, Pl. Ut. Afr. Port.: 119 (1884). — Loes. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 34: 106 (1904); in Fedde, Repert. 49: 227 (1940). — Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 36 (1909). — Burtt Davy & Hoyle, N.C.L.: 46 (1936). — Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 246 (1949). — Blakelock & Keay, F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1, 2: 627 (1954). — White, F.F.N.R.: 217 (1962) pro parte quoad specim. White 2397, Angus 1083. Type from India (Coromandel).
Hippocratea indica var. ? Oliv. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type: Mozambique, R. Rovuma, Kirk (K).
Hippocratea cf. indica [family CELASTRACEAE], — Schinz, Pl. Menyharth.: 60 (1905). — Gomes e Sousa, Pl. Menyhart.: 78 (1936).
Hippocratea loesenerana Hutch. & Moss [family CELASTRACEAE], F.W.T.A. 1: 450 (1928); in Kew Bull. 1929: 21 (1929). — Robyns, Fl. Parc Nat. Alb. 1: 506 (1948). — O.B. Mill., B.C.L.: 36 (1948); in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 18: 49 (1952). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 2, 1: 18 (1954). Type from Sierra Leone.
Hippocratea indica forma longepetiolata Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Fedde, Repert. 49: 227 (1940). Type: Mozambique, M’Kumba, Tiesler 88 (B†).
Pristimera indica Willd. A. C. Sm. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Amer. Journ. Bot. 28: 438 (1941). Type as for Hippocratea indica.
Reissantia indica Willd. Hallé [family CELASTRACEAE], [in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par., Sér. 2, 30: 466 (1958) sine basion.] in Mém. I.F.A.N. 64: 85 (1962). Type as for Hippocratea indica.
Reissantia indica var. loesenerana Hutch. & Moss Hallé ex Wilczek [family CELASTRACEAE], F.C.B. 9: 146 (1960). — Hallé in Mém. I.F.A.N. 64: 85, t. 32 (1962). Type as for Hippocratea loesenerana.