Dear authors of the Wikipedia entry about Lupinus mutabilis I am a student in the master course alternative crops at the ETH Zurich Part of this course was an update of a Wikipedia entry of our choice Below you can find the modified entry I am happy about all kinds of feedback and comment      Lupinus mutabilis is a species of lupines grown in the Andes mainly for its edible bean Vernacular names include tarwi tarhui chocho altramuz Andean lupin South American lupin Peruvian field lupin or pearl lupinLost crops of the Incas littleknown plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation  report of an ad hoc panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation Board on Science and Technology for International Development National Research Council  Washington DC National Academy Press  page  There are different aspects why L mutabilis could become an important international crop But until now the high content of alkaloids in the seed is the main reason why the crop is not very known outside the Andes This content could be decreased by different processes    Origin and Dissemination   The origin of L mutabilis has been identified in the Andean region of Ecuador Peru and BoliviaNeglected crops  from a different perspective  ed by J E Hernndez Bermejo and J Len publ in collab with the Botanical Garden of Crdoba Spain as part of the Etnobotnica  Programme Andalusia   Rome  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  In this area the greatest genetic variability in the world was foundThe plant has been domesticated for more than  years mostly because of its high protein content   Biology   L mutabilis is an annual plant The steam is hollow and highly branched Plant height reaches from  to  meters depending on the environmental conditions and the genomic properties Due to the high vegetative growth species from northern South America are taller than species from the southern Andean region El cultivo y la utilizacin del tarwi Lupinus mutabilis sweet  por Rainer Gross  Roma Organizacin de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentacin  The genome contains n   chromosomes and there is a high genomic variation which leads to big differences in morphology Several architectural types of L mutabilis exist Most common is the branching in Vform this type has the highest biomass production The basal branching type has the positive feature that its infructescence is at the same level This species is preferably promoted because of its early ripening stability and the homogeny seed quality  Morphology  The fruit is a  cm long pod depending on the amount of seed One pod contains on average  seeds but can have up to  seeds per pod The thousandseed weight TSW is around g Leaves are palmate and have a typical appearance one leave is divided in five to twelve leaflets which have an oval or lanceolate form The form is typical for Faboideaes The corolla reaches  cm and contains five petals Variation in coloration is high and reaches from white to purple The white coloration is recessive to purple L mutabilis has a strong taproot reaching  m length Like all Leguminosae secondary roots build nodules containing bacteria for nitrogen fixation  Development  The growing cycle varies from  to  days depending on the genotype altitude and environmental conditions Phenological phases are emergence first true leaf formation of the raceme on the central stem flowering podding pod ripening and physiologica