title: Melhania annua
text: # Melhania annua
  
  Melhania annua is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
  
  ## Description
  
  Melhania annua grows as an annual herb, up to 30 centimetres (12 in) tall. The pubescent leaves are ovate to obovate and measure up to 6.2 cm (2 in) long. Inflorescences are solitary or two or three-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to 3 cm (1 in) long. The flowers have yellow petals.
  
  ## Distribution and habitat
  
  Melhania annua is native to Somalia and Kenya. Only 12 specimen sites are known. Its habitat is coastal sand dunes.
  
  