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Hoodia is a plant that belongs to the milkweed family and consists of about twenty different species. It is a leafless, spiny plant, with fleshy finger-like stems. Along the stems, there are rows of thorns, while the plant bears flesh-colored flowers. Flies are attracted to the flowers by the strong smell of [...]

Hoodia Gordonii is a South African succulent plant of the family Apocynaceae. They are remarkable similar in appearance to cacti, although they are totally unrelated to them and grow predominantly in the region of Central Namibia in the south west of Africa, up to the southern regions of Angola. They are most commonly found in [...]

For the last 25,000 years, the indigenous people of the Kalahari desert region have been using Hoodia Gordonii as an appetite suppressant.
Its main function was to quell the thirst and hunger that would affect warriors during long hunting trips. These warriors even fed their dogs slices of the plant to keep them from having [...]

Hoodia gordonii is a natural succulent plant that looks like a
cactus. It grows in the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa,
Botswana, Namibia and Angola. It is said that the bushmen used
to eat hoodia gorodnii stem to curb their hunger and thirst
during their nomadic hunting trips. Hoodia gordonii is believed
to contain the natural appetite suppressant property. [...]