The medium-sized round fruits are the most colorful of all blood oranges with their deep red flesh and outer skin having a bright red blush.
The fruit have a furrowed base, flattened apex, faint or inconspicuous areole, and few seeds if any. Moro Blood Orange Trees are of average vigor and size, with a round top and somewhat spreading growth habit. The flesh of Moro blood oranges is deep red, almost violet-red, has flavor that is stronger and more aromatic than other oranges, and has a distinct, sweet taste with a hint of raspberry. The Moro Blood orange tree variety is believed to have originated as a bud mutation of “Sanguinello Moscato” at the beginning of the 19th century in the Lentini Province of Siracusa, Sicily.