Melhania angustifolia is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Zanzibar.

Melhania angustifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Melhania
Species:
M. angustifolia
Binomial name
Melhania angustifolia

Description

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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.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Melhania angustifolia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cheek, Martin; Dorr, Laurence J. (2007). Beentje, Henk (ed.). Sterculiaceae – Flora of Tropical East Africa. Vol. 237. East African governments by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 9781842461853 – via Plants of the World Online.