An Introduction to the Eucalypts [This information taken from - Chippendale, G.M. Eucalyptus. In: Chippendale, G.M. (1988). Flora of Australia Vol. 19, Myrtaceae, Eucalyptus, Angophora, Australian Government Publising Service, Canberra.]

Eucalyptus aggregata Deane & Maiden

Reference:

Deane & Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 24: 614 (1900).

Type:

T: Wallerawang, N.S.W., Nov. 1899, J.H.Maiden; lecto: NSW, fide J.H.Maiden, Crit. Revis. Eucalyptus 3: 100 (1915); isolecto: K.

E. rydalensis R.Baker & H.G.Smith, Res. Eucalypts 2nd edn, 48 (1920). T: Rydal, N.S.W., Oct. 1909, ?C.Laseron; n.v.

Illustrations:

N.Hall et al., Forest Trees Australia3rd edn, 109 (1970); L.Costermans, Native Trees & Shrubs S.E. Australia 353 (1981); M.I.H.Brooker & D.A.Kleinig, Field Guide to Eucalypts 1: 179 (1983).

Description:

Tree to 18 m. Bark rough, fibrous, hard throughout, grey. Juvenile leaves elliptic to ovate or broadly lanceolate, green, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 5-12 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, green; lateral veins faint, at 15°-40°; intramarginal vein up to 3 mm from margin; petiole terete, 4-10 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete, 3-4 mm long; pedicels absent or to 2 mm long. Buds ovoid to fusiform; operculum conical, 2-3 mm long and wide; hypanthium obconical, c. 2 mm long, 2-3 mm wide. Fruits obconical, 2-3 mm long, 3-5 mm wide; disc narrow, level; valves 3 or 4, exserted or level.

Common name:

Black Gum.

Distribution:

Occurs in N.S.W. and Vic., with a disjunct occurrence near Woodend. Usually grows on flats and valleys near watercourses in open woodland.