Category: Brassica oleracea

Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L., Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753 ; Images by Gurcharan Singh       Brassicaceae Week: Brassica oleracea var. gangylodes from Kashmir: Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, the Kohlrabi, cabbage turnip A very popular vegetable in Kashmir, Ganthh Gobi Thanks for sharing the photographs sir! I knew it as ‘Knol-Khol’ during my stay […]

Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera (DC.) Zenker, Fl. Thuringen 15:2. 1836-1855 ; Images by Gurcharan Singh       Brassicaceae Week: Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, the Brussels sprouts from California: Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, the Brussels sprouts, small buds along the stem are cooked as vegetable or used as salad. Totally different Brassica. Thanks for sharing. […]

Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L., Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753 ; . Fruits & Vegetables Week: Brassica oleracea var. viridis, the Collards: Brassica oleracea var. viridis, the Collards, used as vegetable and salad. -I don’t know if you get Grünkohl in India too. I found for Grünkohl “Brassica oleracea var. sabellica L” on german wiki […]

Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck, Icon. pl. med. 6:29, t. 534. 1794 ;   BRAS-ee-ka — from the classical Latin name for cabbageawl-lur-RAY-see-uh — edible vegetableee-TAL-ih-kuh or eye-TAL-ih-kuh — of or from Italy commonly known as: asparagus broccoli, broccoli, calabrese, Cape broccoli, heading broccoli, purple cauliflower, sprouting broccoli, winter broccoli Distribution: only cultivated  … […]

Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L., Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753; . cauliflower • Assamese: ফুল-কবি ful kobi • Bengali: ফুলকপি fulkopi • Gujarati: ફૂલકોબી phulkobi, ફૂલકોબીજ phulkobij • Hindi: फूल गोभी phul gobhi, फूल कोबी phul kobi • Kannada: ಹೂವುಕೋಸು huvukosu • Konkani: फुल्लावर phullavar, पुल्ल कोसु pulla kosu • Lushai: antam pâr hlâwm, antam […]

Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L., Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753;  Images by Gurcharan Singh & Dinesh Valke (Inserted by J.M.Garg)   BRAS-ee-ka — from the classical Latin name for cabbageawl-lur-RAY-see-uh — edible vegetablekap-ih-TAY-tuh — having a head, referring to growth habit commonly known as: cabbage • Assamese: বন্ধা-কবি bandha kobi • Bengali: বাঁধাকপি bandhakopi • […]

Brassica oleracea L. var. sabellica L. (Syn: Brassica oleracea var. acephala auct. (non DC.)); Images by Gurcharan Singh & Gurcharan Singh     Ornamental Cabbage, ornamental kale, curled kitchen kale;     at Racca Nursery, Nasik on the 2nd of January, 08; 13th Nov./ 04:00PM: Shillong, Meghalaya;  ornamental kale Brassica oleracea var. var. sabellica L. from Delhi […]