| Mallee box | |
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| Eucalyptus porosa on Mount Wudinna, Eyre Peninsula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. porosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus porosa | |
Eucalyptus porosa, commonly known as mallee box, Quorn mallee or water mallee,[2] is a species of mallee or a tree that is endemic to southern Australia. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth greyish bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and barrel-shaped or shortened spherical fruit.
- ^ "Eucalyptus porosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Nicolle, Dean (2013). Native Eucalypts of South Australia. Adelaide: Dean Nicolle. pp. 192–193.