Blood orange (scientific name: Citrus sinensis blood orange) is a cultivated variety of sweet orange in the Rutaceae family. Trees with few or almost no thorns on their branches. The leaves are usually slightly smaller than grapefruit leaves, with narrow and elongated wing leaves. The leaves are ovate or ovate elliptical, rarely lanceolate, with white flowers and rarely light purple red on the back. There are a few flowers in the inflorescence, and the fruit is round, flattened, or elliptical, orange red in color. The skin is difficult or slightly easy to peel off, and the color of the mesocarp is blood red or dark purple red. However, immature fruits are not colored, and the core is solid or semi full. When the flesh is ripe, it is orange red or purple red, with a sweet or slightly sour taste.
Blood oranges are mainly produced in countries along the Mediterranean coast in northern Africa and southern Europe. There is a large amount of cultivation in various parts of China. The main production areas in China are Sichuan and Jiangxi. Blood oranges prefer warmth, light, and moisture, but they are not tolerant to waterlogging.
Blood oranges have high nutritional value and are rich in vitamin C. It is equivalent to promoting blood circulation.
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