Melhania phillipsiae
Melhania phillipsiae is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Description Melhania phillipsiae grows as a shrub up to tall. The ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to long. Inflorescences are two to six-flowered on a stalk measuring up to long. The flowers have yellow petals. Distribution and habitat Melhania phillipsiae is native to an area from Niger east to the Arabian Peninsula. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora scrub. In Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen it occurs on mountain slopes. References phillipsiae Flora of Niger Flora of Egypt Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Plants described in 1898 Taxa named by Edmund Gilbert Baker