| English | Cape-lilac | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | chinaberry | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | chinaberry-tree | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | Persian-lilac | | | 1 | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |
| English | Sichuan pagoda-tree | | as Melia toosendan | 1 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
| English | syringa berrytree | | | 1 | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa |
| English | Texas umbrella-tree | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | tulip-cedar | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | umbrella-cedar | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | umbrella-tree | | | 1 | Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. |
| English | white-cedar | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| Afrikaans | bessieboom syringa | | | 2 | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |
| Afrikaans | maksering | | | 2 | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |
| French | arbre à chapelets | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | lilas des Indes | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | indischer Zedrachbaum | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | persischer Flieder | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Japanese Rōmaji | sendan | | | 2 | Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). |
| Portuguese | amargoseira-do-Himalaio | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cinamomo | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | sabonete-de-soldado | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Spanish | melia | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | paraíso | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | zedrak | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | chuan liang zi | | as Melia toosendan | 2 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
| Transcribed Chinese | lian | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
| Transcribed Korean | meolguseulnamu | | | 2 | Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea. |