Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Chionanthus zeylonica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 8.
today: The current name for this species is Chionanthus zeylonicus L.
original Latin description
Chionanthus pedunculis paniculatis multifloris.
English translation
Chionanthus with peduncles paniculate [and] many-flowered.
| Chionanthus | Chionanthus |
| with peduncles | pedunculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i |
| paniculate | paniculatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective paniculatus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculis |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| many-flowered. | multifloris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective multiflorus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculis |