Brassicaceae Week * Brassica oleracea * var. * capitata * *BRAS-ee-ka* -- from the classical Latin name for cabbage *awl-lur-RAY-see-uh* -- edible vegetable *kap-ih-TAY-tuh* -- having a head, referring to growth habit
*commonly known as*: cabbage • *Assamese*: বন্ধা-কবি bandha kobi • *Bengali*: বাঁধাকপি bandhakopi • *Gujarati*: કોબી kobi, કોબીજ kobij • *Hindi*: बंद गोभी band gobhi, गोभी gobhi, कोबी kobi, पात गोभी paat gobhi, पत्ता गोभी patta gobhi • *Kannada*: ಎಲೆಕೋಸು elekosu, ಕೋಸುಗೆಡ್ಡೆ kosugedde • *Konkani*: कळे kale, कोबी kobi, कोसु kosu, पाल्ले paalle • *Lushai*: antam • *Malayalam *: മുട്ടക്കോസ് muttakkoos • *Manipuri*: kobiful • *Marathi*: कोबी kobi • * Nepali*: गोबि gobi • *Oriya*: bandha kobi • *Punjabi*: ਬੰਦ ਗੋਭੀ band gobhi • *Sanskrit*: कपिकम् kapikam, कपिशाकः kapishakah • *Sindhi*: پَنَگوبيِ pana gobii • *Sinhalese*: gova • *Tamil*: கோவிசு kovicu, முட்டைக்கோசு muttai-k-kocu • *Telugu*: కోసు kosu • *Urdu*: گوبهی gobhi, کوبي kobi *Distribution*: only cultivated *References*: ENVIS - FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fplant_details.php%3Fdisp_id%3D364&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeqFwHC3JI_at1oRs_zidvs8GE59g>• NPGS / GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F7672&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfDt9TQgncplW3F_F4SRjLveNhqOQ>• DDSA<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ> at Rajgurunagar, near Pune, on 07 DEC 09 [image: Kobi (Marathi: कोबी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4171483870%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzefE_sBaKdJDeBCaZAVPNygADO6FA> . [image: Gobhi (Hindi: गोभी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4170744715%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdGPfgqj2PFxU6oyV8qW90Q5L0QWw> [image: Brassica oleracea var. capitata]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4170722993%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdpTxTJnHyXtTAw-JigZ2nIOQKw8w> Regards. Dinesh --
