Melhania polyneuraMelhania polyneura is a plant in the family Malvaceae.DescriptionMelhania polyneura grows as a herb up to tall. The oblong or ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to long. Inflorescences are four-flowered. The flowers have yellow petals.Distribution and habitatThe type specimen of Melhania polyneura, no longer extant, was collected in 1895 in Mwanza District, Tanzania. Its habitat may have been in wooded grasslands at altitudes of about. Changes in area land use to small farms since the initial specimen have resulted in the IUCN assessment as Critically Endangered.