| English | Aleppo grass | | | 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 | evergreen millet | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | Johnsongrass | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | means grass | | | 1 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage |
| Afrikaans | Johnsongras | | | 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 |
| English (Canada) | Johnson grass | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 49. |
| French | herbe d'Alep | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | sorgho d'Alep | | | 2 | Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France |
| French (Canada) | sorgho d’Alep | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 49. |
| German | Aleppohirse | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | wilde Mohrenhirse | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage |
| Italian | sorgagna | | | 2 | International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. |
| Spanish | cañota | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | hierba Johnson | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | sorgo de Aleppo | | | 2 | Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. |
| Swedish | ogräsdurra | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | shi mao | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |