Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Dolichos regularis in Species Plantarum, 1st edition, p. 726.
today: The current name for this species is Galactia regularis (L.) Britton et al.
original Latin description
Dolichos foliis ovatis obtusis, pedunculis multifloris, petalis aequalis magnitudinis figuraeque.
English translation
Dolichos with leaf blades ovate [and] obtuse, with peduncles many-flowered, [and] with petals of equal size and shape.
English translation with commentary
| Dolichos | Dolichos |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| ovate, | ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| obtuse, | obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| with peduncles | pedunculis - ablative plural of 2nd declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i |
| many-flowered, | multifloris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective multiflorus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with petals | petalis - ablative plural of 2nd declension neuter noun petalum, -i |
| of equal | aequalis - genitive singular of group B adjective aequalis, -is, -e |
| size | magnitudinis - genitive singular of 3rd declension feminine noun magnitudino, magnitudinis |
| and shape. | figuraeque - genitive singular of 1st declension feminine noun figura, -ae + enclitic -que (and) |