Catalogue no.:	V-738438
Taxon:	Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng.
Label:	Melhania ovata
Family:	Malvaceae
Collector:	Ib Friis, Sally Bidgood, Melaku Wondefrash & Ermias Getachew
Collector no.:	10193
Date:	2001 09 10
Country:	Ethiopia
Province:	Afar
Locality:	Ca. 50 km north east of Awasf Town along the main road towards the town of Gewane
Habitat:	Acacia senegal - Acacia mellifera bushland with patches of periodically inundated or waterlogged soil
Attributes:	Shrub to ca. 0,5 m high; flowers yellow
Coordinates:	latDD 09.4; longDD 040.33333