| English | alang-alang | | | 1 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| English | blady grass | | | 1 | Cameron, A. G. et al. 1995. Performance of forages introduced into Kalimantan, Indonesia, by the South-East Asian Forage Seeds Project. Genet. Res. Commun. 21:2. |
| English | cogon | | | 1 | 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. |
| English | cogongrass | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | cotton-wool grass | | | 1 | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58 Note: lists as Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch. |
| English | imperata | | | 1 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Imperata cylindrica var. major |
| English | Japanese blood grass | | | 1 | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
| English | kunai grass | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | kura-kura | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| Arabic | halfa | | | 2 | Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt |
| Arabic | shishmallah | | | 2 | Chaudhary, S. A. 1987. Weeds of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula. |
| French | impérate | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Japanese Rōmaji | chi-gaya | | | 2 | Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions Note: lists as Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. |
| Japanese Rōmaji | fushige-chi-gaya | | | 2 | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
| Malay | lalang | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | caminhadora | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | sapé | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Swedish | bomullsgräs | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | bai mao | | | 2 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |