| English | Arabian cotton | | | 1 | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
| English | Levant cotton | | | 1 | Paul, T. K. & M. P. Nayar. 1988. Malvaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 19:115. |
| English | Maltese cotton | | | 1 | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
| English | short-staple cotton | | | 1 | Cotton Division AMS. 1980. The classification of cotton. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 556:1. |
| English | Syrian cotton | | | 1 | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
| French | cotonnier d'Asie | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | cotonnier herbacé | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | gewöhnliche Baumwolle | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1442. |
| German | krautiger Baumwollstrauch | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Japanese Rōmaji | shiro-bana-wata | | | 2 | Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. |
| Portuguese | algodoeiro-asiático | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | algodonero | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | algodonero herbáceo | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | indisk bomull | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | cao mian | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |