Cara Cara

Orig. as a limb sport of Washington navel orange at Hacienda Cara Cara, Valencia Province, Venezuela. Introd. to Florida in 1977 by A.H. Krezdom through Div. of Plant Industry, Gainesville. Fruit: size and shape comparable to Washington; no red pigmentation in rind; navel sometimes small and inconspicuous; flesh dark red (from lycopene, not anthocyanin as in blood oranges); seedless. Tree: vigorous; some faint variegation on young foliage; cambial tissues may have red pigmentation. Occasional reversion on limbs, producing normal, orange-fleshed fruit.