Melhania latibracteolataMelhania latibracteolata is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.DescriptionMelhania latibracteolata grows as a suffrutex up to tall. The elliptic to ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to long. Inflorescences are two to five-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to long. The flowers have pale yellow petals.Distribution and habitatMelhania latibracteolata is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. It is known from fewer than 10 sites. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushlands at altitudes of about.