Synonyms include white lentils, lentils ("Tang Materia Medica"), southern lentils ("Materia Medica of Southern Yunnan"), along the fence beans, moth bean ("Compendium"), Liangyan beans ("Compendium of Materia Medica") "Ya Ban Ji"), sheep's-eye beans ("Pharmaceutical Meanings"), puffed beans ("Flora of Guangzhou"), tea beans ("Jiangsu Herbal Medicine"), southern beans ("Luchuan Materia Medica"), jack bean , tree beans ("Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine"), vine beans ("Chinese Medicinal Plant Illustrated Book"), guillotine blade (shaped like a guillotine).