Melhania dehnhardtii is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is named for the German explorers Clemens and Gustav Denhardt.[2]
Melhania dehnhardtii grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) up to 1 metre (3 ft) tall. The elliptic to ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to 3 cm (1 in) long. Inflorescences are solitary or two or three-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to 2.5 cm (1 in) long. The flowers have bright yellow petals.[2]
Melhania dehnhardtii is endemic to Kenya's Kilifi District where it is known from fewer than five sites. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushland to altitudes of about 250 m (800 ft).[2]
Melhania dehnhardtii is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is named for the German explorers Clemens and Gustav Denhardt.
