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Brassicaceae

Cabbage

Brassica oleracea L.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Brassica

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Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
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Common names

By language (90)
Afrikaans
Kool
Amharic
ጎመን
Arabic
كرنب, براسيكا زيتية, قرنبيط, قنبيط, كرنب زيتي
Armenian
Կաղամբ
arz
براسيكا زيتيه
Assamese
বন্ধাকবি
Asturian
Romanescu
atj
Tcikapec
azb
گۆل کلم
Azerbaijani
Gül kələm
ba
Кәбеҫтә
Bangla
বুনো বাঁধাকপি
Basque
Aza
Belarusian
Капуста агародная, Капуста гароднінная, Капуста, Капуста белакачанная, Капуста звычайная, Капуста качанная
Bhojpuri
गोभी
Bosnian
Kupus
Cantonese
甘藍
Catalan
Col, Chou Commun, Col vera, Trompítxol, Trompítxols
Central Kurdish
کەلەم
Chinese
甘蓝, 甘藍, 卷心菜, 野甘蓝, 甘藍菜, 擘蓝, 白花甘蓝, 白花甘藍
Croatian
Kupus, Zelje
cv
Пахчари купăста
Czech
Brukev zelná
Danish
Have-Kål
dsb
Zeleninowy kał
Dutch
Kool, Kool en Wilde kool
English
Cabbage, Wild mustard, Collard greens, Wild cabbage
Esperanto
Legoma brasiko, Brasika legomo
Estonian
Kapsas
Finnish
Kaali, Villikaali
French
Chou Commun, Cabut, Chou blanc, Chou vert
frr
(Wil) Kual
Galician
Col
Georgian
Ბოსტნის კომბოსტო
German
Gemüsekohl, Gemüse-Kohl, Chou Commun, Klippenkohl, Kohlgemüse
Hebrew
כרוב הבר
hsb
Zeleninowy kał
Hungarian
Vadkáposzta, Káposzta
Icelandic
Garðakál
Italian
Cavolo
Japanese
ヤセイカンラン, コウヴィ
kaa
Kapusta
Kazakh
Japıraqtı qırıqqabat, Жапырақты қырыққабат, جاپىراقتى قىرىققابات
Korean
브라시카 올레라케아
ks
مۄنٛجہٕ ہاکھ
Kyrgyz
Капуста
Latvian
Dārza kāposts, Dārza kāposti, Kāposti, Kāposts
lbe
Калан
li
Wit moos
lij
Cöo
Lithuanian
Kopūstas, Chou Commun
Luxembourgish
Kabes
Macedonian
Дива зелка, Зелкови култури
Maithili
बन्दाकोबी
mdf
Капста
mwl
Berças
Norwegian Bokmål
Kål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Kål
os
Къабуска
pam
Repolyu
Pashto
كرم
Persian
کلم
Polish
Kapusta warzywna, Kapusta ogrodowa
Portuguese
Couve, Couves
Quechua
Kulis
rn
Ishu
rsk
Капуста
rup
Verdzu
Russian
Капуста огородная, Капуста, Капуста краснокочанная, Кочанная капуста, Краснокочанная
sat
ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱢ ᱠᱚᱵᱤ
Serbian
Дивљи купус, Divlji kupus
Serbian (Latin)
Kupus, Divlji kupus
shn
တူၼ်ႈမူဝ်သိုၼ်း
Slovak
Kapusta obyčajná
Slovenian
Broskva, Kapus
Spanish
Col Silvestre, Berza caballar, Berzas, Broculi, Bróculi, Col caballar, Col comun, Col de repollo
Swedish
Kål, Broccolo, Chou Commun, Romanesco, Rödkål, Vitkål
Tamil
பிராசிகா ஓலரேசியா
Tatar
Бакча кәбестәсе
Thai
กะหล่ำ
Turkish
Lahana, Pancar, Yabani lahana
Turkmen
Kelem
tyv
Байзаа
Ukrainian
Капуста городня, Городня капуста
Urdu
بند گوبھی
Vietnamese
Cải bắp dại
Walloon
Cabu
Welsh
Bresychen wyllt
wuu
甘蓝
Yiddish
קרויט

Synonyms

  • Brassica alba (L.) Boiss.
  • Brassica arborea Steud.
  • Brassica campestris subsp. sylvestris (L.) Janch.
  • Brassica capitata DC. ex H.Lév.
  • Brassica caularapa Pasq.
  • Brassica cephala DC. ex H.Lév.
  • Brassica fimbriata hort. ex Steud.
  • Brassica laciniata Steud.
  • Brassica maritima Tardent
  • Brassica millecapitata H.Lév.
  • Brassica muscovita Steud.
  • Brassica odorata Schrank ex Steud.
  • Brassica oleracea f. aberdeenea Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. alba DC.
  • Brassica oleracea f. albida DC.
  • Brassica oleracea f. ardeina Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. atrorubens Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. aurata Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. azurea Uspensky
  • Brassica oleracea f. chamaegongyla Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. chamjodusa Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. chlorusa Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. compressa Duchesne
  • Brassica oleracea f. conica DC.
  • Brassica oleracea f. culinarum Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. depressa DC.
  • Brassica oleracea f. dinojodusa Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. dissecta Peterm.
  • Brassica oleracea f. elliptica DC.
  • Brassica oleracea f. erythrobotrys Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. exaltata (Rchb.) Thell.
  • Brassica oleracea f. germanorum Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. grangei Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. humilis DC.
  • Brassica oleracea f. jodocephala Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. jodogongyla Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. longa Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. loudonii Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. luteola Alef.
  • Brassica oleracea f. macrocephala Alef.

and 64 more.

Flowers

In flower
March to July, September to October (from 433 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.