# Do you Know Where Brussel Sprouts Come From?

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**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-brussel-sprouts-come-from/852339 "2020-04-22T13:00:09Z")\
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We did this a few years ago too.

[Educate me on one of the finer points of botany, please (Brussels sprouts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=690890), OP by **kaylasdad99** , 5/13/2013.

> [@Educate me on one of the finer points of botany, please (Brussels sprouts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-one-of-the-finer-points-of-botany-please-brussels-sprouts/658289/4):
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> Same species, actually.
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> The cabbage _Brassica oleracea_ has a very large number of distinct cultivars. Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, collard greens, cauliflower, and kohlrabi all belong to the same botanical species.

> [@Educate me on one of the finer points of botany, please (Brussels sprouts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-one-of-the-finer-points-of-botany-please-brussels-sprouts/658289/5):
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> I always thought Kohlrabi was a medieval-era Jewish Talmudic scholar/philosopher.

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