Pericopsis angolensis is a deciduous small to medium-sized tree within the Fabaceae family.

Pericopsis angolensis grows as a shrub or as a small to medium-sized tree capable of reaching 20 m tall, sometimes up to 27 m.[2] The bark of younger trees is often smooth but becomes fissurred and flaky when mature; the bark is light grey to brown in color and the slash is yellowish and fibrous.

Its woods is hard and heavy and the heartwood is greenish brown and the sapwood yellow-grey.

[3][4] The species is native to Central and Tropical Africa, it is found in woodlands and wooded grassland.

[2] Methanol and chloroform extracts of the species resulted in the isolation of 3,9-dimethoxypterocarpan, a derivative of Isoflavanoids and 3,4,3',5'-tetrahydroxystilbene, a stilbenol.