| English | Barbados-nut | | | 1 | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. |
| English | bubblebush | | | 1 | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
| English | physicnut | | | 1 | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |
| English | purgenut | | | 1 | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa |
| English | purgingnut | | | 1 | Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press. |
| French | fève d'enfer | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| French | grand pignon d'Inde | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| French | gros ricin | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| French | médicinier | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | médicinier barrière | | | 2 | Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. |
| French | médicinier béni | | | 2 | Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. |
| French | médicinier purgatif | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| French | pignon d'Inde | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | purghère | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | Purgiernuß | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | Termitenbaum | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1488. |
| India | ratanjyor | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese | galamaluco | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Portuguese | grão-de-maluco | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Portuguese | purgueira | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Portuguese | ricino-major | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | manduri-graça | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pinhão-de-cerca | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pinhão-de-purga | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pinhão-manso | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pinhão-paraguaio | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Spanish | frailejón | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | piñón | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | piñón blanco | | | 2 | Duke, J. A. 1999. pers. comm. Note: re. common names |
| Spanish | tártago | | | 2 | Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. |
| Swahili | mbono | | | 2 | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Swedish | oljejatrofa | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |