Dolichos sericeus is a perennial climbing or prostrate shrub belonging to the family Fabaceae.

[1] Dolichos sericeus is a shrub that can grow up to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long, the stem is slender and twining and covered in densely appressed or spreading hairs.

[2] Leaflets are broadly ovate to elliptic, up to 72 mm long and 40 mm wide and like its stem it is densely covered in hairs.

[2] Flowers are arranged in racemes, its peduncle is up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long holding 2 - 10 flowers, corolla is purple or pink gradually turning creamy with age.

[3] Found in forest margins, prefers sandy or loamy soil.