I think these are lupins. Any ideas?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325759)
Rockingham, Australia
June 5, 2023 10:24pm CST
On our way home from the endurance ride in Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, we stopped in a truck bay to have a cup of coffee. There was a pile of seeds of some sort on the ground.
I thought they might have been coffee beans, having never paid much attention to coffee beans before but now I think they might be lupins which would make much more sense for a farming area.
Do they look anything like coffee beans to you or was that a really ridiculous thought?
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@LadyDuck (458043)
• Switzerland
6 Jun
I have always and only seen Lupins sold in jars and they are bigger and yellow. Lupins come from tall blue flowers, did you see any of those flowers around?
I see that Fiacre posted a photo of lupins, those are exactly the same I remember. Those in your photo looks more like beans.
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@RasmaSandra (73407)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jun
I have no idea but I think certainly not coffee beans, All the photos I saw of coffee beans have a line down the middle of each bean,
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Jun
They look like coffee beans in this picture.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
6 Jun
@JudyEv I know about lupini beans. I used to eat those when I was young; and they used to have them at Italian festivals.
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@snowy22315 (169937)
• United States
6 Jun
Gee, I don't know. Until this discussion I never heard of lupins..
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jun
@Fleura I'm wishing I'd brought some home with me. I took a few to the car to the show Vince but then tossed them. Now I'll never know! Logically, they should be lupins being in that area. I can't imagine farmers there growing any other sort of beans or whatever.
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@Beestring (13319)
• Hong Kong
6 Jun
I have no idea but they don't look like coffee beans to me.
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@RebeccasFarm (86755)
• United States
6 Jun
I am not sure at all but Anna has the answer most likely.
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