Melhania is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.

Melhania ebenus, synonymously known as Trochetiopsis ebenus and commonly known as Saint Helena Ebony, Sint Helena-ebbenhout or Dwarf Ebony is an exotic, evergreen, critically endangered, rare shrub or small tree found on Saint Helena Island.