The Moro is the most colorful of the blood oranges, with a deep red flesh and a rind that has a bright red blush.[8] The flavor is stronger and the aroma is more intense than a normal orange. This fruit has a distinct, sweet flavor with a hint of raspberry.[9] This orange is more bitter than the Tarocco or the Sanguinello. The Moro variety is believed to have originated at the beginning of the 19th century in the citrus-growing area around Lentini (in the Province of Siracusa in Sicily)[10][11] as a bud mutation[12] of the "Sanguinello Moscato".[5] The Moro is a "deep blood orange",[5] meaning that the flesh ranges from orange-veined with ruby coloration, to vermilion, to vivid crimson, to nearly black