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Flora Hoodia

Flora Hoodia

Hoodia Taxonomy

Hoodia is a succulent -not a cactus- which grows in various areas of Africa.

It belong to the Magnoliopsida class, Gentianales order and Apocynaceae family.

Other common names for hoodia are: (South Africa) Ghaap, Bitter Ghaap, (Namibia)Hoodia, goa.-I, khoba.b, khowa.b, goai-I, khoba, khoba.bs, khobab, khowab, goab, otjinove, nawa and kharab.

Hoodia Gordonii were used traditionally by the San people as an appetite suppressant, thirst quencher and as a cure for various illness and diseases.

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