Melhania volleseniana is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
Melhania volleseniana grows as a herb up to 50cm (20inches) tall. The ovate to elliptic leaves measure up to 7cm (03inches) long. The leaves are pubescent above and lanate (woolly) below. Inflorescences may have a solitary flower or have two or three-flowered cymes on a stalk up to 2cm (01inches) long. The flowers have yellow petals.
Melhania volleseniana is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The species is only known from about 15 sites. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushland or Combretum grassland at altitudes of 290–.