General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Edible Parts: Fruit
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Blood Orange
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Citrus x aurantium
  • Synonym: Citrus x sinensis

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Location: Menton, France
Date: 2015-11-19
still ripening
Location: Kalama, wa
  • Uploaded by Joy

credit: Silentcynic
Comments:
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on Apr 27, 2022 6:44 AM concerning plant:
    The most predictable and colorful of all the blood oranges, 'Moro' is the most popular commercial and home garden variety. Once mature, the exterior shows a bright red blush, and the internal color is deep red. The juice is equally dark.

    The fruits are medium-size, easy-to-peel and usually seedless. The tree is vigorous but has a tendency to bear heavy crops in alternate years. Fruits ripen December to March in inland California, Texas and the Gulf Coast; February to May in coastal southern California; November to February in the low-elevation desert; and February to May in northern coastal California.

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