5047.000 Melhania Forssk.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or shrubs, usually densely stellate-tomentose. Stipules linear, Leaves crenate-serrate or entire. Flowers yellow. Sepals 5, free almost to base. Bracts of the epicalyx 3, persistent. Stamens 5, alternating with 5 conspicuous staminodes. Ovary sessile, 5-locular. Stigmas 5, linear. Fruit a loculicidal capsule.

Worldwide: 60 species in the tropical Old World

Botswana: 8 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
acuminata Mast. var. acuminata	N,SE	Description, Image
acuminata Mast. var. agnosta (K. Schum.) Wild	SE	Description, Image
acuminata × forbesii	SW
burchellii DC.	SW,SE	Description
forbesii Planch. ex Mast.	N	Description, Image
prostrata DC.	SE	Description, Image
rehmannii Szyszyl.	N,SE	Description, Image
virescens (K. Schum.) K. Schum.	N,SW	Description, Image

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Flora of Caprivi: Melhania
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Flora of Zambia: Melhania
Flora of Zimbabwe: Melhania

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Melhania
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Melhania
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Melhania
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Melhania
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iNaturalist: Melhania
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Melhania
JSTOR Plant Science: Melhania
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Melhania
Plants of the World Online: Melhania
Tropicos: Melhania
Wikipedia: Melhania