The Museum of Evolution Herbarium (UPS)

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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