Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
 Image No. 6-13 |
Flora -- Cape York PeninsulaCochlospermum gillivraei (Bixaceae) in fruitAlma Den, Chillagoe road, Queensland January 1961 Larger image (94K) |
Deciduous vine thickets on granite outcrops.
Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
Kapok filled capsular fruits contain hard coated black seeds dispersed by winds when the fruits dry out. The seeds germinate in the early wet season.
Image No. 6-13Flora -- Cape York Peninsula
Cochlospermum gillivraei (Bixaceae) in fruit
Alma Den, Chillagoe road, Queensland
January 1961
Larger image (94K)
Deciduous vine thickets on granite outcrops.