botanical record · discovered
Lupinus luteus
Lupinus luteus
Annual Yellow-lupin · European Yellow Lupine · European yellow lupine · Gelbe Lupine · Gele lupine · Geltonasis lubinas · Gul lupin · Hasenklee · Lupin jaune · Lupin jaune soufre · Lupin jaune, Lupin jaune soufre · Lupinetto Giallo · Lupino amarillo · Sarı acı bakla
At a glance
Origin / distribution: India
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Poison, Cyanogenetic
Science studied: GENISTEIN, GENISTEIN-8-C-GLUCOSIDE, GENISTEIN-7-0-GLUCOSYLGLUCOSIDE, 5-0-METHYLGENISTEIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Lupinus luteus
Common names: Annual Yellow-lupin, European Yellow Lupine, European yellow lupine, Gelbe Lupine, Gele lupine, Geltonasis lubinas, Gul lupin, Hasenklee, Lupin jaune, Lupin jaune soufre, Lupin jaune, Lupin jaune soufre, Lupinetto Giallo, Lupino amarillo, Sarı acı bakla
History
The source record documents this plant in India, Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Poison
- Cyanogenetic
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- India
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Poison
- Cyanogenetic
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Drought alters jasmonate-dependent regulation of anther development in yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus L.). · 2026 source ↗
- Upcycled <i>Lupinus luteus</i> peel-derived carbon dots for copper-assisted fluorometric sensing of alendronate. · 2026 source ↗
- QTL mapping of vernalization-insensitive and photoperiod-independent early flowering in yellow lupin (<i>Lupinus luteus</i> L.). · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- GENISTEIN
- GENISTEIN-8-C-GLUCOSIDE
- GENISTEIN-7-0-GLUCOSYLGLUCOSIDE
- 5-0-METHYLGENISTEIN
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images

Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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