Searsia glauca fishbone-like veins

Up close, the Searsia glauca leaves may display strongly prominent midribs on their hairless leaflets, particularly on the big, central one. The ascending and parallel lateral leaflet veins may curve in near the margins before they disappear. 

Especially the central leaflet attenuates strongly at its base, appearing as if the leaflet may have a petiolule. The petiole connected where the three leaflets meet has narrow wings.

The upper surfaces can by highly glossy. One of the plant’s common names in Afrikaans is taaiblaar (sticky leaf).

Upper branchlets in picture are light brown.

The photo was taken at Kagga Kamma (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Coates Palgrave, 2002; Manning and Goldblatt, 1996; iNaturalist).