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HTML
<select>
<optgroup label="fruta">
<option value="banana">banana</option>
<option value="uva">uva</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="legume">
<option value="batata">batata</option>
<option value="cenoura">cenoura</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
<div id="label_value"></div>
JavaScript
$('select').change(function () {
var label = $(this).find(':selected').closest('optgroup').attr('label');
$('#label_value').html(label);
});