Melhania velutina is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

The ovate leaves are tomentose above and measure up to 13 cm (5 in) long.

Inflorescences have a solitary flower or two to four-flowered cymes, on a stalk up to 8.5 cm (3 in) long.

[2] Melhania velutina is native to an area from Angola northeast to Sudan and east to Somalia.

[1] Its habitat is in woodland, grassland, riverside forests and agricultural land, typically at elevations of 700–1,950 m (2,300–6,400 ft).