| English | cacao | | | 1 | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
| English | cocoa | | | 1 | Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:113. |
| French | cacaoyer | | | 2 | Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:113. |
| German | echter Kakaobaum | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen |
| German | Kakaopflanze | | | 2 | Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cacaoeiro | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cacau | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Spanish | árbol del cacao | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | cacaotero | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | calabacillo | | | 2 | Cuatrecasas, J. 1964. Cacao and its allies: a taxonomic revision of the genus Theobroma. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35:515-517. Note: as Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum |
| Spanish | forastero | | | 2 | Cuatrecasas, J. 1964. Cacao and its allies: a taxonomic revision of the genus Theobroma. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 35:515-517. Note: as Theobroma cacao subsp. sphaerocarpum |
| Swedish | kakao | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |