''Brassica oleracea'' Groupe Cymosa
[[Common names: Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group]]
{{Common Names
(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 , cimettes 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
*English
**In the United States, new cultivars of sprouting broccoli, bred through hybridization with kai lan, are being promoted under trademarks, such as Bimi, Tendergreen and Broccolini.
*Greek
**Sprouts are called τσιμούλια, τσιμπούλια - tsimoulia, tsiboulia in Crete.