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Depending on the climate zone of cultivation, pods ripen sometime between late June and late August. Seeds do not ripen all at once and are harvested when 90% of the pods are brown. To harvest with a combine harvester the ideal seed water content is 13-16%. Good yields are between 2 t/ha and 3.5 t/ha, [8] although average yields are lower. [7]
The seeds are used for different foods from lupin flake, vegan sausages, lupin-tofu, and lupin flour. Given that lupin seeds have the full range of essential amino acids and that they, contrary to soy, can be grown in more temperate to cool climates, lupins are becoming increasingly recognized as a cash crop alternative to soy.
The fruit is a legume pod containing seeds of varying colors from dark gray to brown to white, or speckled or mottled. [5] Lupinus angustifolius has a high content of alkaloids, e.g. lupanin or angustifolin. However, cultivars with a low alkaloid content have been bred.
The flower is light purple in color, often with white parts or shading. The fruit is a somewhat hairy legume pod up to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) long which turns dark as it ages. The seed pods house 6–10 seeds and are coated in sparsely distributed hairs. Riverbank lupine also has a distinct aroma that stimulates the attraction of its ...
Lupinus nootkatensis, the Nootka lupine, [1] is a perennial plant of the genus Lupinus in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to North America and was introduced to Europe in the late 18th century. [ 2 ]
The fruit of Lupinus caudatus is a pod 25–30 millimeters long and 8–9 millimeters wide, and like the leaves is densely covered with shining silky hairs. [2] Each pod will contain 4–6 seeds. [1] The diploid (2n) chromosome count for L. caudatus is either 48 or 96. [5]
Lupinus prunophilus, commonly known as the hairy bigleaf lupine or chokecherry lupin, is a medium-sized herbaceous plant that grows in the Great Basin and other parts of the U.S. interior between the Sierra-Nevada and the Rockies. It is a close relative and very similar to Lupinus polyphyllus and is considered a subspecies by some botanists.
Lupinus lepidus, the Pacific lupine, [2] ... The fruit is a pod containing multiple seeds. [3] Taxonomy. Many varieties have been described, ...