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botanical illustration of Kohlrabi, Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes

botanical record · discovered

Kohlrabi

Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes

Kohlrabi · Chou rave · Chou-rave · Colinabo (Dominican Republic) · Kedluben · Kohl-Rabi · Kohlrabi (DE); Colinabo (Cuba) · Koolrabi · cabbage turnip · cabbage-turnip · cavolo rapa · chou rave · col rabano · col rábano

At a glance

Origin / distribution: BR, NO, SE

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: 2-ACETYL-FURAN, 2-ACETYL-4-METHYLTHIAZOLE, 2-ACETYLTHIAZOLE, BUTANEDIONE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Brassicaceae

Scientific name: Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes

Common names: Kohlrabi, Chou rave, Chou-rave, Colinabo (Dominican Republic), Kedluben, Kohl-Rabi, Kohlrabi (DE); Colinabo (Cuba), Koolrabi, cabbage turnip, cabbage-turnip, cavolo rapa, chou rave, col rabano, col rábano

History

The source record documents this plant in BR, NO, SE.

Documented historical or traditional applications are not available in this record.

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • BR
  • NO
  • SE

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Hierarchical porous activated carbon from Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes peel for high energy density supercapacitors · 2025 source ↗
  • Fine mapping of QTL and identification of candidate genes responsible for tuberous stem formation in Kohlrabi (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> var. <i>gongylodes</i> L.). · 2026 source ↗
  • Fine mapping of QTL and identification of candidate genes responsible for tuberous stem formation in Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes L.) · 2024 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • 2-ACETYL-FURAN
  • 2-ACETYL-4-METHYLTHIAZOLE
  • 2-ACETYLTHIAZOLE
  • BUTANEDIONE
  • CALCIUM
  • CARBON-DISULFIDE
  • CITRIC-ACID
  • CYCLOHEXANE
  • DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE
  • 2,3-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE
  • 2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE
  • DIMETHYL-SULFIDE
  • DIOCTYL-PHTHALATE?
  • EICOSANE
  • EO
  • ETHYL-METHYL-DISULFIDE
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  • FAT
  • FIBER
  • 2-FURALDEHYDE
  • GLUCOBRASSICIN
  • HENEICOSANE
  • HEPTA-2,4-DIENAL
  • HEXANAL
  • HEXANE
  • HISTIDINE
  • 5-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN
  • INDOLE
  • 3-INDOLYLACETONITRILE
  • LEUCINE
  • LINALOL-OXIDE
  • LINOLEIC-ACID
  • MAGNESIUM
  • MALIC-ACID
  • METHANETHIOL
  • 5-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN
  • 2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL
  • 3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL
  • 3-METHYLBUTANONITRILE
  • METHYL-OCTANOATE
  • METHYL-PROPYL-SULFIDE
  • 4-METHYLTHIOBUTAN-2-ONE
  • 4-(METHYLTHIO)-BUTANONITRILE
  • 5-(METHYLTHIO)-PENTANONITRILE
  • 3(OR_5)-METHYLTHIOPHEN-2-CARBOXYALDEHYDE
  • 3-(METHYLTHIO)-PROPYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
  • MYRISTIC-ACID
  • NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN
  • NIACIN
  • NONADECANE
  • OCTADECANE
  • PALMITIC-ACID
  • PANTOTHENIC-ACID
  • PENTANE
  • PENTAN-1-OL
  • 2-PENTYL-FURAN
  • 3-PHENYLPROPANONITRILE
  • PHOSPHORUS
  • POTASSIUM
  • PYRAZINE
  • PYRIDINE
  • QUERCETIN
  • SFA
  • SODIUM
  • STEARIC-ACID
  • THIAMIN
  • THIOPHEN-3-CARBOXYALDEHYDE
  • TOLUENE
  • TRICOSANE
  • 2,4,5-TRIMETHYLOXAZOLE
  • 2,4,5-TRIMETHYL-THIAZOLE
  • TRYPTOPHAN
  • VINYLPYRAZINE
  • WATER
  • ARGININE
  • 2,5-DIMETHYL-6-VINYLPYRAZINE
  • BENZALDEHYDE
  • BETA-CAROTENE
  • LYSINE
  • METHIONINE
  • PHENYLACETONITRILE
  • ASCORBIC-ACID
  • CARBOHYDRATES
  • DECA-2-ONE
  • 2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE
  • 2-ETHYL-FURAN
  • FUMARIC-ACID
  • HEPTANONITRILE
  • HEXANONITRILE
  • IRON
  • KILOCALORIES
  • ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
  • 3-METHYL-BUTANAL
  • 2(OR_3)-METHYLINDOLE
  • METHYL-PYRAZINE
  • MUFA
  • OCTAN-1-OL
  • PALMITOLEIC-ACID
  • PENT-1-EN-3-OL
  • PROTEIN
  • RIBOFLAVIN
  • TETRADECAN-1-OL
  • THREONINE
  • 3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-ENONE
  • VALINE
  • CYSTINE
  • LINALOL
  • PUFA
  • (Z)-HEX-3-EN-1-OL
  • ISOLEUCINE
  • 2-ACETYLTHIOPHEN
  • DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE
  • 2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHEN-3-CARBOXYALDEHYDE
  • HEXADECAN-1-OL
  • (E)-HEX-2-EN-1-OL
  • KAEMPFEROL
  • 2-METHYL-BUTANAL
  • METHYL-PROPANOL
  • 1-METHYLTHIOPENTAN-3-ONE
  • 2-METHYL-6-VINYLPYRAZINE
  • 2-PHENETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
  • THIOPHEN-2-CARBOXYALDEHYDE
  • TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE
  • DI-(2-METHYLPROPYL)-PHTHALATE
  • 2-ACETYL-PYRIDINE
  • DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE
  • 2-METHOXY-4-VINYL-PHENOL
  • 4-(METHYLTHIO)-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
  • ASH
  • OLEIC-ACID
  • VIT-B-6
  • PHENYLALANINE

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

World Flora Online Plant List · WFO dataset terms; see release metadata

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  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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