Melhania phillipsiae | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Melhania |
Species: | M. phillipsiae
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Binomial name | |
Melhania phillipsiae | |
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Melhania phillipsiae is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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]
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]