Melhania phillipsiae is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Melhania phillipsiae grows as a shrub up to 2m (07feet) tall. The ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to 12cm (05inches) long. Inflorescences are two to six-flowered on a stalk measuring up to 5cm (02inches) long. The flowers have yellow petals.
Melhania phillipsiae is native to an area from Niger east to the Arabian Peninsula. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora scrub. In Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen it occurs on mountain slopes.