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Hoodia (/ ˈ h ʊ d i ə /; known locally as "ghaap" or "bobbejaanghaap") [1] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, native to Southern Africa. [ 2 ]
Hoodia alstonii can grow to about 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height. [3] The stems are upright and pale gray in color. [4] The plant has very sharp, hard spines. [4] It produces small, yellow flowers mostly on the top parts of the stems which are approximately 1–1.8 centimetres (0.4–0.7 in) in diameter. [4]
Leafless and branchless, H. flava grows as cylindrical green stems up to 6 inches in height and 2 inches in diameter, with 20-30 longitudinal ribs of mammillae, each one featuring a thin, brown spine on its crest. [3]
The notion that online gaming could help players develop charitable habits seemed bold when the anti-poverty nonprofit Comic Relief US tested its own multiverse on the popular world-building app ...
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) was established by King Salman bin Abdulaziz in 2015. [1] The Supervisor General of the KSRelief is Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah. [2] The center was established in the framework of the Saudi’s efforts to alleviate the suffering of those in need worldwide. [3]
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro isn't sweet on PETA's plan to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a 'weather reveal' dessert on Groundhog Day.
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1991. [3] It was founded by Steve Sosebee, a former journalist who, while on assignment in Hebron, brought Palestinian children in need to Akron, Ohio, to receive free medical care. [5] Sosebee later met Huda al Masry, a Palestinian social worker with the YMCA in Jerusalem. [5]