Melhania suluensis

Melhania suluensis is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Africa.

Melhania suluensis grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) 60–90 centimetres (24–35 in) tall, with many branches.

The leaves measure up to 4.5 cm (2 in) long and are thinly stellate tomentose.

[2] Melhania suluensis is native to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces) and Eswatini.

[1] Its habitat is in alluvial soils or on bushveld slopes, to altitudes of about 170 m (560 ft).