Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group (Common names)

Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group

Brassica oleracea Groupe Gemmifera

Common names: Brassica oleracea Acephala Group

Names in common use

• English: Brussels sprouts
• German: Rosenkohl; Brüsseler Kohl, Sprossenkohl
• Dutch: spruitkool, spruit
• Swedish: brysselkål, rosenkål
• Danish: rosenkål
• Norwegian: rosenkål
• Icelandic: rósakál
  

• French: chou de Bruxelles
• Italian: cavolo di Bruxelles / cavoletti di Bruxelles, cavolini di Bruxelles
• Spanish: col de Bruselas / colecitas de Bruselas
• Catalan: col de Brusseŀles
• Portuguese: couve de Bruxelas
• Romanian: varză de Bruxelles, verzişoară
  

• Russian: брюссельская капуста - brjuselskaja kapusta
• Polish: brukselka, kapusta brukselska
• Czech: kapusta růžičková
• Slovak: kel ružičkový
• Bulgarian: брюкселско зеле
• Croatian: kelj pupčar, pupčar, prokula, prokulice, prokelj, prokolica
• Serb: кељ пупчар
• Slovenian: popčar, brstičnik, brstični ohrovt
  

• Albanian: lakër e Brukselit
• Greek: λάχανο των Βρυξελλών, λαχανάκι των Βρυξελλών - lakhano ton Vrikselon, lakhanaki ton Vrikselon
• Turkish: Brüksel lâhanası, Burüksel lâhanası
• Hungarian: bimbóskel
• Finnish: ruusukaali, brüsselikaali
  

Sources and commentaries

The plant bears normally a singular name, whereas the product bears a plural name, as consumers usually eat more than one sprout. This is true for French, Italian, Dutch and also German.

• English
  • also simply named sprouts. Moreover, the loose heads of Brussels sprouts (which are elsewhere discarded) are sold and used in the United Kingdom as sprout tops. MC
  • "The terminal bud and rosette of leaves is not compact and is of little commercial importance, although 'sprout tops' have a limited sale." Harrison S.G., Masefield G.B. & Wallis Michael, 1969. The Oxford Book of Food Plants. Illustrations by B.E. Nicholson. London, Oxford University Press.
• Dutch
  • In Dutch, the plural spruiten or spruitjes designate the product.
• German
  • In Austria, the plant is Sprossenkohl ("sprouting cabbage"), whereas the product is Kohlsprossen ("cabbage sprouts"). MC