Melhania polyneura is a plant in the family Malvaceae.

Melhania polyneura grows as a herb up to 20 centimetres (8 in) tall.

The oblong or ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to 4 cm (2 in) long.

[3] The type specimen of Melhania polyneura, no longer extant, was collected in 1895 in Mwanza District, Tanzania.

Changes in area land use to small farms since the initial specimen have resulted in the IUCN assessment as Critically Endangered.