''Melhania forbesii'' is a plant in the mallow family
Malvaceae, native to southern Africa. It is named for the English naturalist and plant collector
John Forbes.
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Description
''Melhania forbesii'' grows as a small shrub about tall, with a branched stem. The leaves are tomentose and measure up to long. Inflorescences may be one to four-flowered, generally three-flowered.[ The flowers feature yellow petals.][
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Distribution and habitat
''Melhania forbesii'' is native to Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
, Northern Provinces), Eswatini
Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[ Its habitat includes sandy areas, open woodland, by rivers and on hillsides.][
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References
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Flora of Southern Africa
Flora of South Tropical Africa
Plants described in 1868
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