国際藻類・菌類・植物命名規約
Plants in this genus are commonly known as horse-eye beans or simply ormosias, and in Spanish by the somewhat ambiguous term "chocho". The scientific name "Ormosia" is a "nomen conservandum", overruling "Toulichiba" which is formally rejected under the "International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants".