Melhania latibracteolata is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
Melhania latibracteolata grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) up to 0.4 metres (1 ft) tall.
The elliptic to ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to 7.5 cm (3 in) long.
Inflorescences are two to five-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to 1.5 cm (1 in) long.
[2] Melhania latibracteolata is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.