| Melhania ovata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Melhania |
| Species: | M. ovata |
| Binomial name | |
| Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng. | |
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Melhania ovata is a plant in the family Malvaceae.
Description
Melhania ovata grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) or shrub up to 1 metre (3 ft) tall. The elliptic to ovate leaves are tomentose above and measure up to 8.5 cm (3 in) long. Inflorescences are two to three-flowered or have solitary flowers, on a stalk measuring up to 4.5 cm (2 in) long. The flowers have yellow petals.
Distribution and habitat
Melhania ovata is native to tropical Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan. In Pakistan, it was known from Balochistan but rare and considered possibly introduced. Its habitat is in grassland and wooded bushland at altitudes of about 500–1,900 m (1,600–6,200 ft).
References
- ^ "Melhania ovata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ 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.
- "Melhania ovata". Flora of Pakistan. Retrieved 11 November 2019 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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