Eucalyptus porosa

Mallee box
Eucalyptus porosa on Mount Wudinna, Eyre Peninsula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. porosa
Binomial name
Eucalyptus porosa
flower buds, flowers and fruit

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.

  1. ^ "Eucalyptus porosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ Nicolle, Dean (2013). Native Eucalypts of South Australia. Adelaide: Dean Nicolle. pp. 192–193.