| English | soapberry | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | soaptree | | | 1 | Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. |
| English | southern soapberry | | | 1 | Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 |
| English | wing-leaf soapberry | | | 1 | Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 |
| French | bois de panama | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | savonnier | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | Seifenbaum | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese | saboeira | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | fruta-de-sabão | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | jequiriguaçú | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pau-de-sabão | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | sabão-de-macaco | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | sabão-de-soldado | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | sabonete | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | saboneteira | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Spanish | jaboncillo | | | 2 | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
| Swedish | såpbärsträd | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |