Dioclea reflexa Hook. f. (in W.J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 306. 1849.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (W. Africa),
Common Names: Bejuco de mato (Puerto Rico), Maya prieta (Puerto Rico), Ojo de buey de costa (Cuba),
Synonyms: Canavalia miniata sensu Griseb., non DC. (Cat. Pl. Cub. 76. 1866.), Canavalia reflexa (Hook. f.) C. Wright (in F.A. Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 5: 337. 1869.), Dioclea hexandra sensu Mabberly, non Maxwell (Taxon 29. 605. 1980.),
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