Date of issue: 3 September 2002
Designer: Janet Boschen, Australia Post Design Studio
Stamp size: 26 x 37.5 mm
Plant: Syzygium smithii
(previously known as Acmena smithii)
Family: MYRTACEAE
Lilly Pilly
Medium-sized tree to 20 m, slightly buttressed when old.
Ovate leaves to
10 cm, often shorter. Bears tiny white fluffy flowers in summer
followed by
pretty pink fruits, 8-20 mm in diameter.
Distribution: Qld, NSW, Vic..
see Bush Tucker stamp set