Steinmetz:Lupinus

Lupinus albus

Also known as (or relevant to) Lupinus albus Family Leguminosae, (Papilionaceae) English Names White Lupin Wild Lupin Natural Habitat Levant Europe (including Great Britain)

Constituent(s) plant seed: lupinine oxylupamine lupinidine (these alkaloids especially in the seeds) -The plant contains also malic acid citric acid oxalic acid oil wax galactane; seed: albumen consisting of conglutin and luzanine pupulidinol luzinine Action seed: anthelmintic diuretic depurative emmenagogue pectoral nutritive (boiling is said to destroy the toxicity); root: discutient digestive - All parts of the plant are toxic.