Melhania_volleseniana

<i>Melhania volleseniana</i>

Melhania volleseniana

Species of plant

Melhania volleseniana is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.

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Description

Melhania volleseniana grows as a herb up to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall. The ovate to elliptic leaves measure up to 7 cm (3 in) long. The leaves are pubescent above and lanate (woolly) below. Inflorescences may have a solitary flower or have two or three-flowered cymes on a stalk up to 2 cm (1 in) long. The flowers have yellow petals.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Melhania volleseniana is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The species is only known from about 15 sites.[1] Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushland or Combretum grassland at altitudes of 290–700 m (1,000–2,300 ft).[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Melhania volleseniana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    Cheek, Martin; Dorr, Laurence J. (2007). Beentje, Henk (ed.). Sterculiaceae – Flora of Tropical East Africa. Vol. 237. East African governments by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 9781842461853 – via Plants of the World Online.


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