Igama elithi "i-lupine yaseGibhithe" ngokuvamile libhekisela ohlotsheni lwezitshalo olubizwa ngokuthi i-Lupinus termis, oludabuka e-Egypt nezinye izingxenye zaseNyakatho Afrika. Iyilungu lomndeni we-legume futhi ivame ukusetshenziswa njengomthombo wokudla kanye nefolishi. Igama elithi "lupine" livela egameni lesiLatini elithi "lupinus," elisho "lo noma eliphathelene nezimpisi," njengoba isitshalo kwakucatshangwa ukuthi siqeda inhlabathi futhi siyenze ingafaneleki kwezinye izitshalo, njengoba kwakucatshangwa ukuthi impisi ibhidliza. umhlambi wezimvu.