The leaflets are the same colour above and below, with a prominent central keel and fine lateral veins visible.

It produces creamy-white flowers from June to October, in small, sparse, terminal inflorescences.

It bears spherical fruits 4–5 mm in diameter, which are initially green and turn shiny brown as they mature (Oct-Nov).

The leaf of Searsia pallens also has a 10mm petiole that is slightly winged, but it has leaflets that are much longer (40mm) than they are wide (10mm).

Searsia lucida in contrast, has a rounded fruit, and fewer lateral veins on its leaves (only 2 or 3 per centimeter).