Searsia acocksii (Moffett) Moffett

Semi-evergreen prostrate to scandent shrub or woody climber with short recurved spines. Bark smooth, surface peeling. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole semiterete, shallowly canaliculate above, (4-)27(-46) mm long; leaflets dark green, drying olive-brown, glabrous, hypostomatous, petiolulate; petiolules canaliculate, terminal ±6 mm long, lateral ±3 mm long; lamina ovate to elliptical, base cuneate to attenuate, apex acuminate often mucronulate and twisted; margin entire; venation simple craspedodromous, midrib prominent below, impressed above, other veins impressed; terminal leaflets (8-)45(-74) x (5-)23(-34) mm, lateral leaflets (6-)35(-60) x (4-)18(-40) mm. Panicles much branched, axillary and terminal, axillary peduncles persisting as recurved spines; Flowers normal. Drupe circular, globoid, green becoming shining dark red, 6.0 x 5.5 to 7.0 x 6.0 mm.