Melhania latibracteolata

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

Description
Melhania latibracteolata grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) up to 0.4 m tall. The elliptic to ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to 7.5 cm long. Inflorescences are two to five-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to 1.5 cm long. The flowers have pale yellow petals.

Distribution and habitat
Melhania latibracteolata is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. It is known from fewer than 10 sites. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushlands at altitudes of about 450 –.