''Melhania polygama'' is a plant in the mallow family
Malvaceae, native to South Africa.
Description
''Melhania polygama'' grows as a shrub about tall, with numerous stems. The leaves are
stellate
Stellate, meaning star-shaped, may refer to:
* Stellate cell
* Stellate ganglion
* Stellate reticulum
* Stellate veins
* Stellate trichomes (hairs) on plants
* Stellate laceration or incision Wound#Open
* Stellate fan-shaped Espalier (one form ...
tomentose and measure up to long.
Inflorescences measure up to long, are typically one to three-flowered and feature yellow petals. Uniquely within the genus ''Melhania'', the flowers are
polygamous.
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Distribution and habitat
''Melhania polygama'' is known only from Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park (formerly Umfolozi Game
Reserve) in 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 ...
.[ Its habitat is on grassy hill slopes.][
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References
polygama
Flora of KwaZulu-Natal
Plants described in 1964
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