''Melhania annua'' is a plant in the family
Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
Description
''Melhania annua'' grows as an annual herb, up to tall. The
pubescent The adjective pubescent may describe:
* people or animals undergoing puberty
* plants that are hairy, covered in trichomes
* insects that are covered in setae
In biology, setae (singular seta ; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a ...
leaves are
ovate
Ovate may refer to:
*Ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts
*Ovate, a type of prehistoric stone hand axe
*Ovates, one of three ranks of membership in the Welsh Gorsedd
*Vates
In modern English, the nouns vates () and ovat ...
to
obovate and measure up to long.
Inflorescences are solitary or two or three-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to long. The flowers have yellow petals.
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Distribution and habitat
''Melhania annua'' is native to Somalia and Kenya.[ Only 12 specimen sites are known. Its habitat is coastal sand dunes.][
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References
annua
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Kenya
Plants described in 1999
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