title: Melhania angustifolia
text: # Melhania angustifolia
  
  Melhania angustifolia is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Zanzibar.
  
  ## Description
  
  Melhania angustifolia grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) or shrub up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. The ovate to oblong leaves measure up to 8.3 cm (3 in) long. Inflorescences are two or three-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to 4 cm (2 in) long. The flowers have bright yellow petals.
  
  ## Distribution and habitat
  
  Melhania angustifolia is native to the Zanzibar Archipelago where only seven specimens are known and the species is threatened by tourism-linked development. Its habitat is in bushland or on sand, near sea level.
  
  