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Melhania phillipsiae is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Melhania phillipsiae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Melhania
Species:	M. phillipsiae
Binomial name
Melhania phillipsiae Baker f.[2]
Synonyms[2]
Melhania fiorii Chiov. Melhania grandibracteata (K.Schum.) K.Schum.

Description

Melhania phillipsiae grows as a shrub up to 2 metres (7 ft) tall. The ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to 12 cm (5 in) long. Inflorescences are two to six-flowered on a stalk measuring up to 5 cm (2 in) long. The flowers have yellow petals.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Melhania phillipsiae is native to an area from Niger east to the Arabian Peninsula. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora scrub.[2] In Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen it occurs on mountain slopes.[1]

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