| English | creeping paspalum | | | 1 | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58 |
| English | ditch millet | | | 1 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| English | Indian paspalum | | | 1 | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope |
| English | kodo millet | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | scrobic paspalum | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | water couch | | | 1 | 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. |
| German | Kodohirse | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| India (Hindi) | kodo | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| India (Hindi) | kodra | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Japanese Rōmaji | suzume-no-kobie | | | 2 | Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). |
| Spanish | mijo koda | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | koda-hirs | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | ya jie cao | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |