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Lactuca sativa Capitata Group (Common names)


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See also:

Lactuca sativa (Common names)

Lactuca sativa Batavia Group (Common names)

Lactuca sativa Celtuce Group (Common names)

Lactuca sativa Crispa Group (Common names)

Lactuca sativa Romana Group (Common names)

Names in common use


  • English: cabbage lettuce, Boston lettuce
  • German: Kopfsalat ; Häuptlsalat (Austria)
  • Dutch: sla, kropsla
  • Swedish: huvudsallat
  • Danish: hovedsalat, havesalat
  • Norwegian: hodesalat
  • Icelandic: salat


  • French: laitue, laitue pommée, laitue beurre
  • Italian: lattuga cappuccia
  • Spanish: lechuga arrepollada
  • Catalan: enciam de cabdell
  • Portuguese: alface repolho
  • Romanian: salată căpăţîni
encisam o lletuga


  • Russian: кочанный салат - kočannyj salat
  • Polish: sałata głowiasta
  • Czech: salát hlávkový
  • Slovak: šalát hlávkový
  • Bulgarian: главеста салата - glavesta salata
  • Croatian: salata vrtna
  • Serb: главичаста салата - glavičasta salata
  • Slovenian: glavnata solata
  • Macedonian: салата, марула - salata, marula


  • Latvian: salāti
  • Lithuanian: salota
  • Albanian: marule ; marulja with the article
  • Greek: μαρούλι - marouli
  • Turkish: marul
  • Maltese: ħass
  • Hungarian: fejessaláta
  • Finnish: keräsalaatti
  • Estonian: aedsalat

Sources and commentaries

  • French
    • A particular type is called laitue grasse, or sucrine. It has thick leaves and is appreciated in southern France.