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Cochlospermum gillivraei stamp
Date of issue: 16August 2001
Designer: Melinda Coombes
Engraver: Czeslaw Slania
based on sketches by Sydney Parkinson

Plant: Cochlospermum gillivraei

Family: COCHLOSPERMACEAE

Kapok Bush
Tall, open deciduous shrub to 5 m.
Large brilliant yellow flowers to 8 cm followed by ovoid fruits to 12 cm.
Occurs in Queensland and NT.

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