Melhania suluensis


Melhania suluensis is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Africa.

Description

Melhania suluensis grows as a suffrutex tall, with many branches. The leaves measure up to long and are thinly stellate tomentose. The lower leaf surface is silvery-grey, the upper is darker. Inflorescences are one or two-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to long. The flowers have yellow petals.

Distribution and habitat

Melhania suluensis is native to South Africa and Eswatini. Its habitat is in alluvial soils or on bushveld slopes, to altitudes of about.