Melhania parvifloraMelhania parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.DescriptionMelhania parviflora grows as a suffrutex or shrub up to tall. The elliptic, oblong or ovate 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 habitatMelhania parviflora is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora woodland and coastal bushland to altitudes of about.