| English | bastard ipecacuana | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | bastard-ipecac | | | 1 | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| English | bloodflower | | | 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 | bloodflower milkweed | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | cottonbush | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | false ipecac | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | Madagascar cottonbush | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | milky cottonbush | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | red milkweed | | | 1 | Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):89-91. |
| English | red-cotton | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | redhead | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | redhead cottonbush | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | scarlet milkweed | | | 1 | Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida |
| English | swallowwort | | | 1 | Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):89-91. |
| English | wallflower cottonbush | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | West Indian ipecacuana | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | wild ipecac | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | wild oleander | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| Chinese | ma li jin | 马利筋 | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
| French | asclepias de Curaçao | | | 2 | Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):89-91. |
| French | herbe à sang | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 4:1754. |
| French | ipéca sauvage | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 4:1754. |
| German | Indianer-Seidenpflanze | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1223. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | algodãozinho-do-campo | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | camará-bravo | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | capitão-de-sala | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cega-olho | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | erva-de-paina | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | oficial-de-sala | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | paina-de-sapo | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | paininha | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Spanish | algodoncillo | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | corcalito | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | flor de sangre | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | yuquillo | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | röd sidenört | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |