title: Melhania phillipsiae
text: # Melhania phillipsiae
  
  Melhania phillipsiae is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## Distribution and habitat
  
  Melhania phillipsiae is native to an area from Niger east to the Arabian Peninsula. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora scrub. In Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen it occurs on mountain slopes.
  
  