Searsia longipes (Engl.) Moffett

Usually it is a straggling shrub. It can be a small tree. It can grow to 5 m tall. The bark is grey and becomes rough. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and the end one is 4-13 cm long by 1.5-8 cm wide. The side leaflets are three quarters this size. The flowers are small and yellow. They grow in loose heads up to 8 cm long. These can be in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The fruit is 6-7 mm across. They are reddish-brown when mature.

A tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands and the highlands. It grows in open woodland and thicket. It is often along river banks. In Malawi it grows from 700-2,450 m altitude. In Zimbabwe it grows between 1,000-1,680 m above sea level.

Plants can be grown from seeds.