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Hoodia gordonii, also known as Bushman’s hat, is a leafless spiny succulent plant supposed to have therapeutic properties in folk medicine.
Hoodia gordonii is traditionally used by the San people (Bushmen) of the Namib desert as an appetite suppressant as part of their indigenous knowledge about survival in the harsh desert conditions. In 2006, the plant became internationally known, after a marketing campaign falsely claimed that its use as a dietary supplement was an appetite ...
Bioprospecting (also known as biodiversity prospecting) is the exploration of natural sources for small molecules, macromolecules and biochemical and genetic information that could be developed into commercially valuable products for the agricultural, [2] [3] aquaculture, [4] [5] bioremediation, [4] [6] cosmetics, [7] [8] nanotechnology, [4] [9] or pharmaceutical [2] [10] industries.
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]
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Hoodia juttae is small and branches freely into a small "shrublet." [ 5 ] The plant is often more broad than it grows tall, rarely being taller than 0.3 meters in height. [ 7 ] Flowers are medium-sized and yellow-brown in color [ 7 ] and grow in groups on the upper part of the pale gray-green stems.
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Hoodia macrantha is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa. [1] It is regarded by some sources as a synonym of the accepted name for the plant, Hoodia currorii subsp. currorii .