Melhania annua is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
Melhania annua grows as an annual herb, up to 30cm (10inches) tall. The pubescent leaves are ovate to obovate and measure up to 6.2cm (02.4inches) long. Inflorescences are solitary or two or three-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to 3cm (01inches) long. The flowers have yellow petals.
Melhania annua is native to Somalia and Kenya. Only 12 specimen sites are known. Its habitat is coastal sand dunes.