古有梵文譯名「庵摩勒」「庵摩羅迦」，記載有喺晉代嵇含本《南方草木狀》與及明代姚可城本《食物本草》入便。梵語名亦都着馬來話借用，即馬六甲樹，後尾成爲馬六甲個名字嘅起源。
In ancient times, there was a Sanskrit translation of the name "Anmole" and "Anmarajia", which was recorded in the Jin Dynasty Ji Hanben's "Southern Grass and Trees" and the Ming Dynasty Yao Kecheng's "Food Materia Medica". The Sanskrit name is also borrowed from the horse, the Malacca tree, which later became the origin of the name of Malacca.