Melhania parviflora is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.

Melhania parviflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Melhania
Species:
M. parviflora
Binomial name
Melhania parviflora

Description

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Melhania parviflora grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) or shrub up to 0.5 metres (2 ft) tall. The elliptic, oblong or ovate leaves are velvety and measure up to 7 cm (3 in) long. Inflorescences are two to four-flowered, or have solitary flowers, on a stalk measuring up to 2.2 cm (1 in) long. The flowers have yellow petals.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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Melhania parviflora is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.[1] Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora woodland and coastal bushland to altitudes of about 1,400 m (4,600 ft).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Melhania parviflora". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cheek, Martin; Dorr, Laurence J. (2007). Beentje, Henk (ed.). Sterculiaceae – Flora of Tropical East Africa. Vol. 237. East African governments by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 9781842461853 – via Plants of the World Online.