name: White Lupine

flavor_db_name_variants: white lupine

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: White lupine

id: 403

name_scientific: Lupinus albus

description: Lupinus albus, commonly known as the white lupin, is a member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. It is a traditional pulse cultivated in the Mediterranean region. White lupin is distinct within the vast and polymorphous genus Lupinus L. for small variation of morphological characters. However, it has wide intraspecific variability in physiological plant properties: duration of vernalization time and growth rate, photoperiodic sensitivity, shape tolerance, drought resistance, cold- and winter-hardiness. There are winter and spring forms of white lupin. Duration of growing period under spring sowing varies from 106 to 180 days, seed mass per plant changes from 2.2 to 40 g, green mass yield per from 9 to 250 g, protein content in seed from 35.0 to 53.7%, and oil content from 6.2 to 12.0%.

itis_id: 503572

wikipedia_id: White_lupine

picture_file_name: 408.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 74117

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:42:15.000Z

legacy_id: 435

food_group: Pulses

food_subgroup: Other pulses

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:40.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3870

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00403