Melhania angustifolia
Melhania angustifolia is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Zanzibar. Description Melhania angustifolia grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) or shrub up to tall. The ovate to oblong leaves measure up to long. Inflorescences are two or three-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to long. The flowers have bright yellow petals. Distribution and habitat Melhania angustifolia is native to the Zanzibar Archipelago where only seven specimens are known and the species is threatened by tourism-linked development. Its habitat is in bushland or on sand, near sea level. References angustifolia Endemic flora of Tanzania Plants described in 1900 Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann