Leaf cabbage

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Leaf cabbage is the German umbrella term for various cultivars of the vegetable kale ( Brassica oleracea ). These varieties are bred for their large, dark, gorgeous and edible leaves , but also to beautify the garden - mainly in Brazil , Portugal , the southern United States , Africa , Montenegro , Bosnia and Herzegovina , southern Croatia , northern Spain and India . The leaf cabbage belongs to the same cultivars that include kale and early cabbage , to which it is also genetically very similar.

Kohl is in Portuguese-speaking countries such as Portugal, Angola and Brazil couve or, in Cape Verde , kovi or kobi called - there it is a basic component of feijoada and verde Caldo . In Spanish-speaking countries it is called berza , verza in Italy , raštika in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, and raštan in Montenegro and Serbia . In Kashmir is called the kale haak , so spinach. Better known in Kenya by its Swahili name, sukuma wiki , it is often confused with kale . In New Zealand it is called Dalmatian Cabbage and in the United States it is called collard greens .

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  Leaf cabbage ( Brassica oleracea var. Viridis )

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  Leaf cabbage, whole plant

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  Russian red cabbage

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  Cabbage frisé