Melhania parviflora

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

Description
Melhania parviflora grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) or shrub up to 0.5 m tall. The elliptic, oblong or ovate leaves are velvety and measure up to 7 cm long. Inflorescences are two to four-flowered, or have solitary flowers, on a stalk measuring up to 2.2 cm long. The flowers have yellow petals.

Distribution and habitat
Melhania parviflora is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora woodland and coastal bushland to altitudes of about 1400 m.