
  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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