| English | broomcorn | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | durra | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | feterita | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | forage sorghum | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | grain sorghum | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | great millet | | | 1 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| English | Kaffir-corn | | but this adjective is best avoided, as it is a derogatory term | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | milo | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | shallu | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | sorghum | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | sweet sorghum | | | 1 | El Bassam, N. 1998. Energy plant species. |
| Ethiopia | bachanta | | | 2 | CIAT/FAO collaboration on tropical forages. 2005. Grassland species profiles Note: computer optical disk |
| French | gros mil | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | sorgho | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | gewöhnliche Mohrenhirse | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage |
| German | nickende Mohrenhirse | | as Sorghum cernuum | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage |
| German | Zuckerhirse | | as Sorghum dochna | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage |
| India | jowar | | | 2 | CIAT/FAO collaboration on tropical forages. 2005. Grassland species profiles Note: computer optical disk |
| Italian | sorgo | | | 2 | International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. |
| Japanese Rōmaji | morokoshi | | | 2 | Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature |
| Portuguese | sorgo | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | daza | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | sorgo | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | durra | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | gao liang | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
| Transcribed Korean | susu | | | 2 | Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:131. |