Melhania suluensis

Melhania suluensis is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Africa.

Description
Melhania suluensis grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) 60 – tall, with many branches. The leaves measure up to 4.5 cm long and are thinly stellate tomentose. The lower leaf surface is silvery-grey, the upper is darker. Inflorescences are one or two-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to 2 cm long. The flowers have yellow petals.

Distribution and habitat
Melhania suluensis is native to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces) and Eswatini. Its habitat is in alluvial soils or on bushveld slopes, to altitudes of about 170 m.