Melhania rotundata is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
Melhania rotundata grows as a herb or subshrub up to 70cm (30inches) tall, rarely to 1m (03feet). The round to ovate leaves are tomentose, coloured greyish-green. They measure up to 6.2cm (02.4inches) long. Inflorescences may have a solitary flower or be two or three-flowered with a stalk up to 5.5cm (02.2inches) long. The flowers have bright yellow petals.
Melhania rotundata is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushland or woodland at altitudes of 100–.