EPPO Global Database

Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes(BRSOG)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-07

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BRSOG
  • Preferred name: Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Cultivated as a vegetable. The typical swollen-stemmed kohl rabi originated in Germany, but similar forms are cultivated elsewhere (e.g. southern Asia)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Brassica caulocarpa Pasquale
Brassica oleracea convar. acephala var. gongylodes Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
kohlrabi English
turnip cabbage English
turnip kale English
Kohlrabi German
weiße Rübe German
chou navet French
chou rave French
colrave French
colirabano Spanish
col rapano Spanish
cavolo rapa Italian
col rabano Italian
rapa cavolo Italian
knolraap Dutch
koolrabi Dutch
witte raap Dutch
couve-rábano Portuguese
couve-rabão Portuguese
kålrabbi Swedish
кольраби Russian
kalarepa Polish
karalábé Hungarian
kedluben Czech
kaliaropės Lithuanian
келераба Serbian
kaleráb Slovak