Melhania dehnhardtii is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is named for the German explorers Clemens and Gustav Denhardt.
Description Melhania dehnhardtii grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) up to tall. The elliptic to ovate leaves are tomentose and measure up to long. Inflorescences are solitary or two or three-flowered, on a stalk measuring up to long. The flowers have bright yellow petals.
Distribution and habitat Melhania dehnhardtii is endemic to Kenya's Kilifi District where it is known from fewer than five sites. Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushland to elevations of about .
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