Melhania is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants.

The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.

[1][3] The following species are recognised by Plants of the World Online (POWO): Melhania decanthera (Cav.)

DC and M. laurifolia Bojer are now in Dombeya (as D. decanthera and D.

[4] A 2021 study subsumed Trochetiopsis, endemic to Saint Helena, and Paramelhania, native to Madagascar, into Melhania.