Date of issue: 3 September 2002
Designer: Janet Boschen, Australia Post Design Studio
Stamp size: 26 x 37.5 mm
Plant: Acacia coriacea
Family: MIMOSACEAE
Dogwood Wattle
A small shrubby tree 3-6 m high with pale corky bark and long greyish-green
leaves.
The flowers are pale yellow and the long twisted pods are constricted between
each seed.
The seeds are hard coated, black, with large bright orange arils.
The regular production of seeds by this drought tolerant tree makes it an important
plant for the Aboriginal people of central Australia.
see Bush Tucker
stamp set