''Lupinus pilosus'', commonly known as blue lupine, ( he, תורמוס ההרים, ar, ترمس برّي) is a species of

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from the family Fabaceae which is

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

where it is found in Mediterranean scrubland. It has a long stem and long legume. The species blooms from February to May. The species have white coloured

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s which are long and pods the diameter of which is . In

the Lupinus pilosus has

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flowers with

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vertical spot at the middle.

Culinary uses

Around the

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ean village of Altrei (Anterivo), ''L. pilosus'' was historically grown. The seeds were roasted and mixed with malt grains and infused in boiling water to produce a coffee-like but caffeine-free hot beverage, ''Altreier Kaffee'' ("Altrei coffee"). Interesting not only from a cultural and historical but also from a botanical standpoint, since 2006 a local initiative is re-establishing ''L. pilosus'' cultivation in the Altrei region to revive this culinary specialty. In Israel, the plant is numbered among the few, wild edible plants, but the seeds still require leaching in boiling water several times (with replacement of the water) for the seeds to become palatable. The seeds are then roasted in a skillet with a dash of water, salted, and eaten. Some have it as their practice to pulverize the prepared seeds and to mix them with wheat or sorghum flour for bread.

Gallery

File:Lupinus pilosus in Tel-Sukho-2019-02-16-IZE-021-Wikipedia.jpg, Blue Lupine in Tel Socho of the Elah Valley File:Lupinus pilosus (Zachi Evenor for Wiki).jpg, Carpets of blue ''Lupinus pilosus'' in

File:Lupinus-pilosus-2015-Zachi-Evenor-cropped01.jpg, ''Lupinus pilosus'' in

References

External links

''Lupinus pilosus''
at FlowersInIsrael.com
''Lupinus pilosus'' תורמוס ההרים
at Wildflowers.com (in Hebrew)
''Lupinus pilosus'' in Israel
at

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pilosus ''Anthodiscus pilosus'' (chamisa, tahuari, botón caspi, botón huayo or tahuarí amarillo) is a plant species in the genus '' Anthodiscus'' found in Amazonian Colombia and Peru. ''Anthodiscus pilosus'' is added to some versions of the hallucino ...

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