Thread: Lupinus poisonous?
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Old 11-01-2005, 10:29 PM
Stephen Henning
 
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(Pen) wrote:

I have wild rabbits roaming my yard this winter, they've eaten all my
lupin seedlings -- which is okay with me. Are rabbits immune to the
poison or is lupins' toxicity a myth?

Seeds, pods & young leaves are very poisonous.* Risk of poisoning is
low due to unpalatability of the toxic Lupins. No known treatment and
the effects are generally reversible. The poison is quinolizidine
alkaloids. However, even bitter lupin can be made edible with a
debitering process that involves soaking and rinsing.
Such seed are actually used to make flour for pasta, dairy product
substitutes and soy sauce. Rodent and some other animals seem to
tolerate the poison fairly well, much better than humans.

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