Melhania volleseniana is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Melhania |
| Species: | M. volleseniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Melhania volleseniana | |
Description
editMelhania volleseniana grows as a herb up to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall. The ovate to elliptic leaves measure up to 7 cm (3 in) long. The leaves are pubescent above and lanate (woolly) below. Inflorescences may have a solitary flower or have two or three-flowered cymes on a stalk up to 2 cm (1 in) long. The flowers have yellow petals.[2]
Distribution and habitat
editMelhania volleseniana is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The species is only known from about 15 sites.[1] Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushland or Combretum grassland at altitudes of 290–700 m (1,000–2,300 ft).[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Melhania volleseniana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
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