Blue-flowered lupine - Blue-flowered lupine

...They generally contain poisonous alkaloids, but the amount varies greatly depending on the species and variety. Lupines used as feed and green manure include the yellow lupine L. luteus L. (English name: yellow lupine, also known as yellow lupine) and the blue lupine L. angustifolius L. (English name: blue lupine, narrowleaved lupine, also known as narrow-leaved lupine), native to the Mediterranean coastal region, and the white lupine L. albus L. (English name: white lupine), which grows wild in North Africa and the region from Sicily to Israel. Lupines whose beans are detoxified and used for food include the Egyptian lupine L. termis Forsk. (English name: Egyptian lupine), native to Palestine and Egypt, and the white lupine. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…一般に有毒のアルカロイドを含むが，含有量は種や品種によって変異が大きい。飼料･緑肥用とするものに，地中海沿岸地域原産のキバナルーピンL.luteus L.(英名yellow lupine，キバナハウチワマメともいう)やアオバナルーピンL.angustifolius L.(英名blue lupine,narrowleaved lupine。ホソバルーピンともいう)，北アフリカ，シチリアからイスラエル地域に野生するシロバナルーピンL.albus L.(英名white lupine)などがあり，豆を除毒して食用とするものにパレスティナからエジプト原産のエジプトルーピンL.termis Forsk.(英名Egyptian lupine)やシロバナルーピンがある。…

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