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Lupinus luteus is known as yellow lupin.
Its yellow seeds, known as lupin beans, were once a common food of the Mediterranean basin and Latin America. Today they are primarily eaten as a pickled snack food.
References
1.Intraspecific Diversity of Lupins
2.Kurlovich B.S. 2002. Lupins. Geography, classification, genetic resources and breeding , St. Petersburg, “Intan”, 468p. http://personal.inet.fi/tiede/lupin/
3. Gladstones, J.S. 1998. Distribution, Origin, Taxonomy, History and Importance. In: J.S. Gladstones et al. (eds.), Lupin as Crop Plants. Biology, Production and Utilization, 1-39.