| Melhania rotundata | |
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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. rotundata |
| Binomial name | |
| Melhania rotundata Hochst. ex Mast. | |
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Melhania rotundata is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
Description
Melhania rotundata grows as a herb or subshrub up to 70 centimetres (28 in) tall, rarely to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). The round to ovate leaves are tomentose, coloured greyish-green. They measure up to 6.2 cm (2 in) long. Inflorescences may have a solitary flower or be two or three-flowered with a stalk up to 5.5 cm (2 in) long. The flowers have bright yellow petals.
Distribution and habitat
Melhania rotundata is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushland or woodland at altitudes of 100–1,150 m (300–3,800 ft).
References
- ^ "Melhania rotundata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ 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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