Brassica oleracea Capitata Group (Common names)

Brassica oleracea Capitata Group

Brassica oleracea Groupe Capitata

Names in common use

• English: cabbage, white cabbage
• German: Weisskohl, Weisskraut; Weisskabis (CH); Weisskraut (Au)
• Dutch: witte kool, wittekool
• Swedish: vitkål
• Danish: hvidkål
• Norwegian: hvitkål (bok.); kvitkål (nyn.)
• Icelandic: hvítkál
  

• French: chou blanc, chou cabus, chou pommé
• Italian: cavolo bianco, cavolo cappuccio; cabis (CH)
• Spanish: col, repollo, col de repollo
• Catalan: col de cabdell
• Portuguese: repolho
• Romanian: varză albă
  

• Russian: капуста белокочанная - kapusta belokočannaja
• Polish: kapusta biała, kapusta głowiasta
• Czech: zelí bílé, zelí hlávkové bílé
• Slovak: kapusta bielá
• Bulgarian: бяло зеле, бяло главесто зеле - bjalo zele, bjalo glavesto zele
• Croatian: beli kupus, bijeli kupus, belo zelje, bijelo zelje
• Serb: купус, бели купус - kupus, beli kupus
• Slovenian: belo zelje
  

• Albanian: lakër e bardhë (lakra e bardhë with article)
• Greek: ἁσπρο λάχανο, μἁππα, μἁπα - aspro lakhano, mapa
• Turkish: beyaz baş lâhana
• Hungarian: fejeskáposzta, fehér fejeskáposzta
• Finnish: kupukaali
  

Sources and commentaries

The standard form of white cabbage has whitish leaves and is very compact. Some forms have green outer leaves, and can bear other names, such as :

• English: winter cabbage, autumn cabbage
• French: chou vert

Winter cabbages traditionally grown in Western France have deep green and slightly crinkled leaves, and may be intermediate with savoy cabbages (Sabauda Group).

Cultivars with a big size, grown for industrial processing (sauerkraut) are included here. Cultivars with a pointed head are dealt with under Pyramidalis group.