| English | pigeonberry | | | 1 | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia |
| English | poke | | | 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. |
| English | pokeberry | | | 1 | FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. |
| English | pokeroot | | | 1 | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
| English | pokeweed | | | 1 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| English | Virginia poke | | | 1 | 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. |
| English (Canada) | pokeweed | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 91-92. |
| French | raisin d'Amérique | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | teinturière | | | 2 | Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names |
| French (Canada) | phytolaque d’Amérique | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 91-92. |
| German | Kermesbeere | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | fitolaca | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | hierba carmín | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | amerikanskt kermesbär | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | chui xu shang lu | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |