Citation: P. Browne, Fl. Jamaic. 298 (1756).

Derivation: Greek gala, galactos, milk; the stems of some species are said to contain a milky sap.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Trailing or climbing perennial herbs; leaves pinnate, 3-foliolate; stipules and stipels small.

Flowers clustered at thickened nodes along axillary raceme-rhachises; bracts small, caducous; bracteoles minute; upper 2 calyx-lobes connate; standard orbicular; upper stamen free, the other 9 connate into an open sheath; anthers equal; ovules many; style not bearded near the tip; stigma small, terminal.

Pod linear-oblong, compressed; seeds arillate.

Distribution:  About 50 species in warmer part of the world; 2 or 3 in Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available