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

Description

''Melhania parviflora'' grows as a

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(subshrub) or shrub up to tall. The elliptic, oblong or

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leaves are velvety and measure up to long. Inflorescences are two to four-flowered, or have solitary flowers, on a stalk measuring up to long. The flowers have yellow petals.

Distribution and habitat

''Melhania parviflora'' is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. Its habitat is in ''Acacia-Commiphora'' woodland and coastal bushland to altitudes of about .

References

parviflora Flora of Ethiopia Flora of Somalia Flora of East Tropical Africa Plants described in 1932 {{Malvaceae-stub