Brassica oleracea Cymosa Group (Common names)

Brassica oleracea Cymosa Group

Brassica oleracea Groupe Cymosa

Names in common use

French: brocoli; brocoli à jets, brocoli branchu³; brocoletti, chou-asperge (CH)
Italian: broccolo, cavolo broccolo, cavolbroccolo (pl. cavoli broccoli, cavolbroccoli); brocoletti (CH) / broccoli, broccoletti
Spanish: brécol, bróculi; brócoli espárrago, brocolata; brócoli calabrés (Arg)
Catalan: bróquil, col-i-bróquil
Portuguese: couve-bróculo, bróculo; brócolo (Br)
Romanian: brocoli

Albanian: brokoli
Greek: μπρόκολο, μπρόκολο παραπούλι / παραπούλια (pl.) - brokolo, brokolo parapouli / parapoulia
Turkish: brokkoli, broccoli, cibes
Hungarian: brokkoli, spárgakel
Finnish: parsakaali

Broccolis form a very diverse group. Most of them are grown and used only locally, particularly in Italy and at a least extent in France.

(1) Designates only the headed dark green form bred in the USA.

(2) Designates a branching form with purple flowers.

(3) Designates only branched forms.

French
- The sprouts of all kinds of cabbages (particularly fodder kales) have been used in the past in France, under such local names as brocolis, piochons (Touraine), broutes (South-West), brondons or tendrons. In Belgium, they were called chou à jets, chou blond à couper, chou à beurre.
- Nowadays, a commercial product of Ramosa Group is sold as 'brocoli-feuilles' at the beginning of winter (when there is no inflorescence), and it becomes 'brocoli' when it has an inflorescence in the middle. MC
Greek
- Sprouts are called τσιμούλια, τσιμπούλια - tsimoulia, tsiboulia in Crete.
Portuguese
- Sprouts are called hortos.